He was born in Slough and fled as soon as he’d paid off his student loan. Since that day two decades ago, he has lived in Asia, shrugging off the burden of an honors degree in electronic engineering and reinventing himself as a scribe. Jones was editor of the South China Morning Post newspaper’s color Sunday magazine in Hong Kong between 2001 and 2003, moving to mainland China at the end of that salaried stint to work on freelance assignments. Focusing on human-interest and behind-the-news features work, Jones has contributed words and pictures to numerous publications worldwide, including TIME, the Times and Sunday Times of London, the Telegraph, the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, Globe & Mail and Conde Nast Traveler. One more thing…