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Assignment China

An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic

By: Mike Chinoy

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An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic

By: Mike Chinoy

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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Columbia University Press

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0231557213

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9780231557214

China Live

People Power and the Television Revolution

By: Mike Chinoy

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China Live

People Power and the Television Revolution

By: Mike Chinoy

In China Live, Mike Chinoy provides an insider's view of two of the most important forces shaping our era—the rise of global satellite news and the rise of China. Exploring not only how events shape television, but how TV can shape the news as it unfolds, Chinoy describes his personal and professional journey through key political dramas, from armed conflict in Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Indochina, and Afghanistan, to the “people power” revolution in the Philippines and the ongoing crisis in North Korea. The core of the book is Chinoy's lifelong involvement with China. As CNN's first Beijing bureau chief, Chinoy recounts a riveting tale of covering the China beat, especially the momentous events in Tiananmen Square in 1989. CNN's unprecedented live broadcasts of the student uprising and army crackdown marked a turning point in modern journalism and played a critical role in shaping international perceptions of China. China Live remains a compelling account of the life of an award-winning foreign correspondent and a revealing glimpse inside the world of television news.

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457

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Rowman & Littlefield

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146174122X

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9781461741220

Meltdown

The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

By: Mike Chinoy

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Meltdown

The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

By: Mike Chinoy

When George W. Bush took office in 2001, North Korea's nuclear program was frozen and Kim Jong Il had signaled he was ready to negotiate. Today, North Korea possesses as many as ten nuclear warheads, and possibly the means to provide nuclear material to rogue states or terrorist groups. How did this happen? Drawing on more than two hundred interviews with key players in Washington, Seoul, Tokyo, and Beijing, including Colin Powell, John Bolton, and ex–Korean president Kim Dae-jung, as well as insights gained during fourteen trips to Pyongyang, Mike Chinoy takes readers behind the scenes of secret diplomatic meetings, disputed intelligence reports, and Washington turf battles as well as inside the mysterious world of North Korea. Meltdown provides a wealth of new material about a previously opaque series of events that eventually led the Bush administration to abandon confrontation and pursue negotiations, and explains how the diplomatic process collapsed and produced the crisis the Obama administration confronts today.

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St. Martin's Press

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1429930233

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9781429930239

China Live

People Power and the Television Revolution

By: Mike Chinoy

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China Live

People Power and the Television Revolution

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A unique insider's view of the most important forces shaping our era--the rise of global satellite news and the rise of China.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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084769318X

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9780847693184

Meltdown

The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

By: Mike Chinoy

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The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

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Assignment China

An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic

By: Mike Chinoy

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An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic

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Columbia University Press

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0231557213

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Hamlet--the Shakespearean Director

By: Mike Wilcock

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Hamlet--the Shakespearean Director

By: Mike Wilcock

An exploration of modern directors approaches to 'Hamlet

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Peter Lang

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1904505007

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9781904505006

Different Every Night

Freeing the Actor

By: Mike Alfreds

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Different Every Night

Freeing the Actor

By: Mike Alfreds

A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors/directors.

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385

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Nick Hern Books

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1854599674

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9781854599674

Cashiers du Cinemart 17

By: Mike White

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Cashiers du Cinemart 17

By: Mike White

Cashiers du Cinemart 17 authors: Jef Burnham, Jason Coffman, Chris Cummins, Skizz Cyzyk, Jim Donahue, Ralph Elawani, Mike Faloon, Paul Freitag, Joshua Gravel, Josh Hadley, Kristy Jett, Zachary Kelley, Andrew Leavold, Scott Lefebvre, David MacGregor, Mike Malloy, Bob Moricz, Rich Osmond, James Sanford, Robert St. Mary, Mike Sullivan, Calum Syers, Dan Tabor, Don Takano, and Mike White with cover art by Tom Bagley. This issue boasts features about Filipino exploitation films, Chuck Vincent, Andy Sidaris, Gaspar Noé, Brad Dourif, and Pierre Maheu and more including interviews with Sid Haig, Keith Shapiro, Eli Craig, Louie Bonnano, Peter Filardi, and many more. And, don't miss appreciations of films as diverse as After Last Season, The Touch of Her Flesh, Blood Sucking Freaks, Dream Home, and Eat My Dust.

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178

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Lulu.com

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1300351403

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9781300351405

The Mind at Work

Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker

By: Mike Rose

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The Mind at Work

Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker

By: Mike Rose

Featuring a new preface for the 10th anniversary As did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Rose’s revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Rose, an educator who is himself the son of a waitress, explores the intellectual repertory of everyday workers and the terrible social cost of undervaluing the work they do. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, this is one of those rare books that has the capacity both to shape public policy and to illuminate general readers.

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Penguin

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1101174943

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9781101174944

Down to Earth [Large Print]

The Hopes & Fears of All the Years Are Met in Thee Tonight

By: Mike Slaughter,Rachel Billups

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The Hopes & Fears of All the Years Are Met in Thee Tonight

By: Mike Slaughter,Rachel Billups

Nothing in all the vast, created universe could prepare us for God coming down as a helpless infant, or for Jesus the son of God intentionally positioning himself as a mere servant, identifying with the lowest of lows. It's enough to confound the mind, to make the heart contrite. This Advent, God's great surprise changes everything.

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145

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Abingdon Press

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150182340X

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9781501823404

The Prince of Providence

The True Story of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds

By: Mike Stanton

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The Prince of Providence

The True Story of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds

By: Mike Stanton

COP: “Buddy, I think this is a whorehouse.” BUDDY CIANCI: “Now I know why they made you a detective.” Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, where corruption is entertainment and Mayor Buddy Cianci presided over the longest-running lounge act in American politics. In The Prince of Providence, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Mike Stanton tells a classic story of wiseguys, feds, and politicians on a carousel of crime and redemption. Buddy Cianci was part urban visionary, part Tony Soprano—a flawed political genius in the mold of Huey Long and James Michael Curley. His lust for power cost him his marriage, his family, and close friendships. Yet he also revitalized the city of Providence, where ethnic factions jostle with old-moneyed New Englanders and black-clad artists from the Rhode Island School of Design rub shoulders with scam artists from City Hall. For nearly a quarter of a century, Cianci dominated this uneasy melting pot. During his first administration, twenty-two political insiders were convicted of corruption. In 1984, Cianci resigned after pleading guilty to felony assault, for torturing a man he suspected of sleeping with his estranged wife. In 1990, in a remarkable comeback, Cianci was elected mayor once again; he went on to win national acclaim for transforming a dying industrial city into a trendy arts and tourism mecca. But in 2001, a federal corruption probe dubbed Operation Plunder Dome threatened to bring the curtain down on Cianci once and for all. Mike Stanton takes readers on a remarkable journey through the underside of city life, into the bizarre world of the mayor and his supporting cast, including: • “Buckles” Melise, the city official in charge of vermin control, who bought Providence twice as much rat poison as the city of Cleveland, which was at the time four times as large, and wound up increasing Providence’s rat population. During a garbage strike, Buckles sledgehammered one city employee and stuck his thumb in another’s eye. Cianci would later describe this as “great public policy.” • Anthony “the Saint” St. Laurent, a major Rhode Island bookmaker and loan shark, who tried to avoid prison by citing his medical need for forty bowel irrigations a day, thus earning himself the nickname “Public Enema Number One.” • Dennis Aiken, a celebrated FBI agent and public corruption expert, who asked to be sent to “the Louisiana of the North,” where he enlisted an undercover businessman to expose the corrupt secrets of Cianci’s City Hall. The Prince of Providence is a colorful and engrossing account of one of the most tragicomic figures in modern American life—and the city he transformed.

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Random House

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1588362922

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9781588362926

Are You with Me?

Kevin Boyle and the Rise of the Human Rights Movement

By: Mike Chinoy

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Kevin Boyle and the Rise of the Human Rights Movement

By: Mike Chinoy

Kevin Boyle was central in founding human rights law centres at universities from Ireland to Japan. Though a towering figure, his personal story is not well known. Now, based on years of research, thousands of documents, and scores of interviews, former CNN correspondent Mike Chinoy has crafted the compelling life story of a remarkable Irishman.

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1843517728

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9781843517726

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Assignment China

Assignment China

China Live

China Live

Meltdown

Meltdown

China Live

China Live

Meltdown

Meltdown

Assignment China

Assignment China

Hamlet--the Shakespearean Director

Hamlet--the Shakespearean Director

Different Every Night

Different Every Night

Cashiers du Cinemart 17

Cashiers du Cinemart 17

The Mind at Work

The Mind at Work

Down to Earth [Large Print]

Down to Earth [Large Print]

The Prince of Providence

The Prince of Providence

Are You with Me?

Are You with Me?

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