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Title Seeing : a memoir of truth and courage from China's most influential television journalist / Chai Jing ; translated by Yan Yan and Jack Hargreaves.
Author Chai, Jing, 1976- author.
Publication Info. New York : Astra House, [2023]
©2023
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B CHAI    Check Shelves
 Southeast  B CHAI    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Note "First published in as Kànjiàn by Guangxi Normal University Press in 2013"--Title page verso.
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 -- Interview between patients -- Chen Meng never dies.
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.
Subject Chai, Jing, 1976-
Television journalists -- China -- Biography.
Television personalities -- China -- Biography.
Journalism -- Political aspects -- China.
Investigative reporting -- China.
Freedom of the press -- China.
Government and the press -- China.
Women -- China -- Biography.
China -- History -- 21st century.
Genre Autobiographies.
Added Author Hargreaves, Jack, Translator.
Yan, Yan (Translator), Translator.
ISBN 9781662600678 (hardcover) : $27.00
1662600674 (hardcover)