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Dewey Decimal Number: 951
EAN num: 9781585000029
ISBN number: 1585000027
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Page Count: 428
Printing Date: 1999-06
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Cunningham makes his home in home in China and takes a decidedly Chinese perspective in this book. For this reason alone I give it two stars, as it is difficult to find a writer who has so immersed himself in the local culture and yet at the same time so consistently parrots the Party line (as in CCP).
One must therefore read this tract with a jaundiced eye. Cunningham represents a growing but altogether still small disgruntled American expatriate community in China which spares no opportunity to assail its homeland but nonetheless covets its passports.
Cunningham is a regular commentator for CCTV-9, the Chinese government's official English language channel, and can be seen on the misnamed show "Dialogue." Judge for yourself whether his precarious position and the need to curry favor in it might cloud his own judgement of the issues raised in this book.
While it is certainly true that most Western journalists do not endeavor to provide a balanced perspective in their China reporting, the same can be said in reverse of Xinhua News Agency.
Interrogate this freelancing journalist's conclusions or otherwise take them with a grain--er--bag of salt.
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In China the foreign journalists always see American democracy and human rights. However often the foreigner point of view is inacurate and based on the views of other foreigner people. Reaching for the Sky is the very first book I read by a Englishman or American about China that has a new point of view. Many people can learn something from this book in Beijing even though they don't want to talk about it. There is additionally some new information in this book.
Zheng Jian
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