Why Western Journalists (Continue To) Have All the Wrong Answers About China – China Rants

markschinablog.blogspot.com — Mark quotes liberally from Peter Hessler's second book, Oracle Bones, with this latest blog post about why foreign journalists continue to make mistakes in relation to China.

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Why Western Journalists (Continue To) Have All the Wrong Answers About China

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