| Description |
xxii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Reporting Hong Kong : foreign media and the handover / edited by Alan Knight and Yoshiko Nakano. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- The Pearl of the Orient -- Channeling the Flood -- Setting the Stage for a Democratic Hero -- Washing Away One Hundred Years of Shame -- Pomp and Pathos -- Japanese Radio Voices -- The East Wind is Blowing -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 Press coverage, Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 Public opinion, Foreign correspondents China Hong Kong, Journalism China Hong Kong, Mass media China Hong Kong |
| Summary |
"This book examines an international media event: the Hong Kong handover. In the summer of 1997, thousands of journalists converged on Southern China to record the curtain call for Western colonialism. How foreign correspondents chose to report this end-of-century event, and what they decided to ignore about it, reveals much about the ways news is framed by political and cultural assumptions."--BOOK JACKET. "How did different nations' correspondents report the same strictly stage-managed event? The book takes snapshots of the handover day through the eyes of journalists from Britain, mainland China, Japan, the United States, Australia, Vietnam, Italy, and Hong Kong. The correspondents interviewed discuss the restrictions they worked under including self-censorship, the pressure for colorful stories, and the inability to pose questions to the key players."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index |
| Subject |
Foreign correspondents -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Journalism -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Mass media -- China -- Hong Kong.
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| SUBJECT |
Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010000 -- Press coverage.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002408
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Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010000 -- Public opinion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218
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| Author |
Knight, Alan, 1949-
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Nakano, Yoshiko, 1964-
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| LC no. |
99011038 |
| ISBN |
031222429X |
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