News Is My Job - A Correspondent in War-Torn China (Paperback)


One of the first women journalists in China, Edna Lee Booker arrived in 1922 and threw herself into the story, snagging a number of exclusive interviews with warlords and also with Sun Yat-sen and Mao Tse-tung. She worked on the Shanghai newspaper China Press, and was also the Shanghai stringer for the International News Service, InterNews. Her book was a bestseller on publication in 1940 and was hugely influential in strengthening American support for the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek.

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One of the first women journalists in China, Edna Lee Booker arrived in 1922 and threw herself into the story, snagging a number of exclusive interviews with warlords and also with Sun Yat-sen and Mao Tse-tung. She worked on the Shanghai newspaper China Press, and was also the Shanghai stringer for the International News Service, InterNews. Her book was a bestseller on publication in 1940 and was hugely influential in strengthening American support for the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek.

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Imprint

Earnshaw Books Limited

Country of origin

Hong Kong

Release date

July 2017

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Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

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Dimensions

210 x 146 x 33mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

460

ISBN-13

978-9888422241

Barcode

9789888422241

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LSN

9888422243



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