Through the looking glass : China's foreign journalists from opium wars to Mao
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Through the looking glass : China's foreign journalists from opium wars to Mao
AUTHOR:
French, Paul, 1966-
ISBN:
9789622099821
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2009
PHYSICAL_DESC:
viii, 302 p. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
ABSTRACT:
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
SUBJECT:
| Foreign correspondents -- China -- History |
| China -- Press coverage |
BIBSUMMARY:
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