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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: French, Paul, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : [London] : Hong Kong University Press ; [Eurospan, distributor], 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.