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Reporting on China has long been one of the most challenging and crucial of journalistic assignments Nonetheless American media coverage of China has profoundly influenced US government policy and shaped public opinion not only domestically but also given the clout and reach of US news organizations around the world

This book tells the story of how American journalists have covered Chinafrom the civil war of the 1940s through the COVID19 pandemicin their own words Mike Chinoy assembles a remarkable collection of personal accounts from eminent journalists They share behindthescenes stories of reporting on historic moments such as Richard Nixons groundbreaking visit in 1972 Chinas 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 SinoAmerican 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