| Description |
1 online resource (ix unnumbered pages, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index. |
| Summary |
The convulsive history of foreign journalists in China starts with newspapers printed in the European factories of Canton in the 1820s. It also starts with a duel between two editors over the future of China and ends with a fistfight in Shanghai over the revolution. This book tells the story of China's foreign journalists. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Names and Spelling; Introduction : Through the Looking Glass; 1 -- God, Mammon and Flag; 2 -- Civil and Other Wars -- Rebels, Mercenaries and More Dope; 3 -- Boxers and Treaty Porters -- Headlines Change History; 4 -- The Vultures Descend; 5 -- Writing in a Republic -- Printing What They Damn Well Liked; 6 -- The Roaring Twenties -- Substituting Action for Talk; 7 -- The Decadent Thirties -- Celebrities, Gangsters and the Ladies of the Press; 8 -- The Dirty Thirties -- Left Wing, Right Wing, Imperialists and Spies; 9 -- Too Hot -- China Fights for Its Life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Foreign correspondents -- China -- History.
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Foreign correspondents. |
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China. |
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History. |
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China -- Press coverage.
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Press coverage. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Added Title |
China's foreign journalists from Opium Wars to Mao |
| In: |
HKU Press digital editions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: French, Paul, 1966- Through the looking glass. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; [London : Eurospan, distributor], 2009 9789622099821 (OCoLC)319212668 |
| ISBN |
9789888052981 (electronic book) |
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9888052985 (electronic book) |
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9789622099821 (hardback) |
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9622099823 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
9786612709579 |
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