Through the looking glass : China's foreign journalists from opium wars to Mao /
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 Chin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press ;
2009.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789622099821 (hbk.) 9622099823 (hbk.) |