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It's so French

When we first saw the Shanghai Daily's headline on "Covering the China Beat," we thought it might be a piece about us, instead it was a review of (lively and acerbic Access Asia's) Paul French's new book, Through the Looking Glass: China's Foreign... ...full story at China Beat

from China Beat on Tue, Jun 02 2009

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19 Jun 09		Paul French's Through the Looking Glass: China's Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao » Danwei AccessAsia's Paul French, author of a book on Carl Crow has written another book, this time about the lives and exploits of foreign journalists reporting from China from the 1820s to 1949. From the press release: "Like journalists everywhere, the old...
22 Jun 09		An interview with Paul French » Danwei Danwei's Jeremy Goldkorn interviews Paul French, author of Through the Looking Glass, a new book about foreign journalists in China from 1820s to 1949. Read an excerpt from the book here. Tags: author, Paul French, Through the Looking Glass This...
03 Jun 09		Books: Through the Looking Glass: China's Foreign Journalist from Opium Wars to Mao » Shanghaiist Shanghai-based journalist Paul French's latest book is one that ought to excite all you ol' Shanghai history buffs (and press nostalgists as well) - an examination of the convulsive history of the China press corps between the 1820s and leading up to the...
22 Dec 09		Paul French: 5 historic Shanghai buildings we lost in 2009 » Shanghaiist An old postcard showing the now-demolished Shanghai Rowing Club building Paul French Paul French is the author of Carl Crow: A Tough Old China Hand and Through the Looking Glass: China’s Foreign Journalists from Opium War to Mao. He is currently...
13 Feb 09		Obama Recommendations: VI » China Beat Paul French is the Shanghai-based author of Carl Crow, a Tough Old China Hand and keeps the blog China Rhyming, as well as acting as publishing and marketing director at Access Asia. French has a forthcoming book in the works on foreign correspondents in...

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