Reporting on China has long been one of the most challenging and
crucial of journalistic assignments. Foreign correspondents have
confronted war, revolution, isolation, internal upheaval, and
onerous government restrictions as well as barriers of language,
culture, and politics. Nonetheless, American media coverage of
China has profoundly influenced U.S. government policy and shaped
public opinion not only domestically but also, given the clout and
reach of U.S. news organizations, around the world. This book tells
the story of how American journalists have covered China-from the
civil war of the 1940s through the COVID-19 pandemic-in their own
words. Mike Chinoy assembles a remarkable collection of personal
accounts from eminent journalists, including Stanley Karnow,
Seymour Topping, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Melinda Liu, Nicholas
Kristof, Joseph Kahn, Evan Osnos, David Barboza, Amy Qin, and Megha
Rajagopalan, among dozens of others. They share behind-the-scenes
stories of reporting on historic moments such as Richard Nixon's
groundbreaking visit in 1972, China's opening up to the outside
world and its emergence as a global superpower, and the crackdowns
in Tiananmen Square and Xinjiang. Journalists detail the challenges
of covering a complex and secretive society and offer insight into
eight decades of tumultuous political, economic, and social change.
At a time of crisis in Sino-American relations, understanding the
people who have covered China for the American media and how they
have done so is crucial to understanding the news. Through the
personal accounts of multiple generations of China correspondents,
Assignment China provides that understanding.
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