| Author: | Parks M. Coble | ISBN: | 9780674425552 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 9, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Parks M. Coble |
| ISBN: | 9780674425552 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 9, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
When Japan invaded China in 1937, Chinese journalists greeted the news with euphoria, convinced their countrymen, led by Chiang Kai-shek, would triumph. Parks Coble shows that correspondents underplayed China’s defeats for fear of undercutting morale and then saw their writings disappear and themselves denounced after the Communists came to power.
When Japan invaded China in 1937, Chinese journalists greeted the news with euphoria, convinced their countrymen, led by Chiang Kai-shek, would triumph. Parks Coble shows that correspondents underplayed China’s defeats for fear of undercutting morale and then saw their writings disappear and themselves denounced after the Communists came to power.
