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The Beijing Bureau
25 Australian Correspondents Reporting China's Rise
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary China, international politics, global trade, and journalism. It suits those seeking to understand the impact of China's rise on Australia and the wider world, especially students, scholars, and informed general readers looking for authoritative foreign correspondent perspectives.
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At a time of peak international interest and uncertainty over developments in China and its future international role, Australiaβs most acclaimed China watchers will share their experiences as foreign correspondents and their insights into the life of the Chinese people, their government, their culture and their history.
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The Beijing Bureau is a collection of essays revealing the insights of twenty-five Australian foreign correspondents into China, from the 1970s to present day: the lives of its people, its government and its culture, and what China's rise means for Australia and the world community.
China dominates the headlines across the world as the country takes for itself a global role. As governments, businesses and individuals increasingly rely on news reports to make decisions, The Beijing Bureau brings together Australiaβs most acclaimed journalists to share their hard-won knowledge of China and stories of life as a correspondent. Contributors include Mike Smith, Stan Grant, Stephen McDonell, Rowan Callick and Richard McGregor, reporting for international news outlets like the ABC, The New York Times, the BBC, CNN and more.
Vital political and trading relationships are changing β China is flexing its muscles internationally, through the Belt and Road Initiative and trading relationships, through Wolf Warrior diplomacy, through the control of the diaspora and militarily. At home in China, the country is intensifying its hold and extending patriotism; at the same time, Chinese people are experiencing prosperity unrivalled in their history. With essays that cover a range of subjects and written by journalists who have worked and lived in China, The Beijing Bureau provides readers with a thoughtful perspective of this powerful nation.
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ISBN: 9781743797549
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 April 2021
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Books
Illustration: Text only
Contributors:
- Edited by Trevor Watson
- Edited by Melissa Roberts
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 398g
Pages: 320
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About the Author
Trevor Watson is a journalist and author with more than half a century of national and international experience. He has been a regular visitor to China since 1979 and was based in Beijing as Bureau Chief for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 1988-1990.
He was also variously based as ABC correspondent in Singapore, Papua New Guinea, India and Thailand, and covered the South Pacific. Trevor is the author of βTremble and Obey, An ABC Correspondent's Account of the Bloody Beijing Springβ which focuses on the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. He is also the recipient for a Walkley Award and The United Nations media prize for excellence in journalism. He was Director of Media for the University of Sydneyβs Business School for ten years.
Melissa RobertsΒ covered China for Time Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor and The Daily Mail as a freelance journalist from 1988 to 1990. She has worked as a staff correspondent for The Australian and AP DowJones, and covered Singapore and Australia for Newsweek magazine for seven years. Melissa has written five childrenβs books. From 2010 to 2020, she was a senior public relations manager and media manager with NSW Health.
Contributors:
Mike Smith, Australian Financial Review 2018-2020 (left under threat)
Trevor Watson,Β ABC Beijing 1988-1990
Angus Watson,Β CNN Hong Kong
Stan Grant,Β CNN Hong Kong and Beijing
Stephen McDonell,Β ABC: 2006-2015, BBC: 2015-continuing
Chris Buckley,Β New York Times 1996 (expelled in 2020)
Rowan Callick ,Β AFR: Hong Kong 1990-1992, The Australian: Beijing 2006-2009 and 2016-2018
Jane Perlez,Β New York Times: 2016 (expelled in 2020)
Richard McGregor,Β AFR Beijing and Shanghai: 2000-2009
Richard Thwaites,Β ABC Beijing: 1978-1983
Helene Chung,Β ABC Beijing:1983-1985
Melissa Roberts,Β Freelance Beijing 1988-1990
Jane Hutcheon,Β ABC Beijing: 1995-2001
Hamish McDonald,Β Sydney Morning Herald Beijing: 2002-2005
Paul Raffaele, ABC Beijing: 1973-1975
Yvonne Preston,Β Sydney Morning Herald Beijing: 1975-1978
Uli Schmetzer,Β Chicago Tribune Beijing 1988-1996
Warren Duncan,Β Β ABC: 1975-1978
Kate Wall,Β ABC Beijing 1990-1992
Ali Moore,Β ABC 1992-1994
Sue-Lin Wong,Β The Economist
Michael Cavanagh,Β ABC 1997-1999
Madeleine OβDea,Β AFR 1986
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