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Seeing : a memoir of truth and courage from China's most influential television journalist / Chai Jing ; translated by Yan Yan and Jack Hargreaves.
Van Pelt Library PN5366.C45 A3 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chai, Jing, 1976- author.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chai, Jing, 1976-.
- Chai, Jing.
- Television journalists--China--Biography.
- Television journalists.
- Television personalities--China--Biography.
- Television personalities.
- Journalism--Political aspects--China.
- Journalism.
- Investigative reporting--China.
- Investigative reporting.
- Freedom of the press--China.
- Freedom of the press.
- Government and the press--China.
- Government and the press.
- Women--China--Biography.
- Women.
- China--History--21st century.
- China.
- Journalism--Political aspects.
- Genre:
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : ASTRA HOUSE, 2021.
- New York : Astra House, [2023]
- Summary:
- After becoming a radio DJ in college and a TV interviewer at twenty-three, Chai Jing is thrust into the spotlight when she takes on a position as a news anchor at CCTV, China's official state news channel. Chai struggles to find her role in a male-dominated news organization, while discovering corruption, courage, and hope within the people she meets.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chen Meng calls
- The mystery of the courtyard
- The wounded twin cities
- Silent scream
- Shanxi, Shanxi
- Paper tigers
- Broken mountains
- Truth is often lost in between tears
- The power of the powerless
- Interviews between patients
- Chen Meng never dies.
- Notes:
- "First published in as Kànjiàn by Guangxi Normal University Press in 2013"--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the The Todd and Elizabeth Donovan Endowed Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781662600678
- 1662600674
- OCLC:
- 1394040539
- Publisher Number:
- 99995079983
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