| Description |
302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- 10. In air raid shelters and caves - covering the war -- 11. Interregnum - end of a war, start of a revolution. |
| 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. |
| Added Title |
China's foreign journalists from Opium Wars to Mao |
| ISBN |
9789622099821 hardback |
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9622099823 hardback |
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