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Article: Reporting Hong Kong: Foreign Media and the Handover
- Article from:
- Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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CopyrightCopyright Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Spring 2000. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Reporting Hong Kong: Foreign Media and the Handover. Alan Knight and Yoshiko Nakano, eds. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 223 pp. $49 hbk., $23.95 pbk.
Solemn British diplomats and their families sadly wipe their eyes as they bid a final farewell to Hong Kong. Mainland Chinese residents cheer as Hong Kong's British flag is replaced by its Chinese counterpart. Hong Kong citizens look on with mixed emotions as China's People's Liberation Army troops march into Hong Kong, armed only with handshakes and smiles.
While media coverage of the summer of 1997 return of Hong Kong from British to mainland Chinese rule may not have taught media consumers much about the political significance ...