Jan Wong's China: Reports From A Not-So-Foreign Correspondent - Rilegato

Wong, Jan

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ISBN 10: 0385259026 ISBN 13: 9780385259026

Casa editrice: Doubleday Canada, 1999

Riassunto

As the fiftieth anniversary of the People's Republic of China approaches on October 1, 1999, Jan Wong reflects on her body of work as a foreign correspondent there. Despite the fact that everything is changing, she discovers that not much really changes, and what she wrote several years ago about love, work and living still holds, as do the conflicts over who rules, who survives, and who gets the bigger slice of Peking Duck.

From a peasant tax revolt through the new consumerism (ads on television!) to the closeted world of Chinese gays, Jan Wong's China is a highly personal account of a country in transition. Its perspective is shaped by the author's six-year reporting stint, her life in Beijing in the '70s as a student and a Maoist, and her return visit to China in the spring of 1999.

Employing humour and behind-the-scenes detail, Jan Wong brilliantly weaves her adventures into a rich journalistic tapestry.

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Recensione:

"A marvellous book by one of Canada's best-ever foreign correspondents at the top of her form." --The Gazette (Montreal)

"Totally captivating.... A wonderful memoir." --The Globe and Mail

"A lovely read....One can only hope this book is the first of many." --The Financial Post

L'autore:

Jan Wong was the much-acclaimed Beijing correspondent for the Globe and Mail from 1988 to 1994. She is a graduate of McGill University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and is the recipient of a National Newspaper Award, among many other honours for her reporting. Wong has also written for the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Her first book, Red China Blues, was named one of Time magazine's top five non-fiction books of 1996 (it remains banned in China). She lives in Toronto, where she is currently a reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail.

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• Editore: Doubleday Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0385259026
• ISBN 13: 9780385259026
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352