Investigate China: The Stories Behind the News: The Stories Behind the News

Author: Zhao Shilong
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: A renowned journalist who has made a name in the battlefield of reporting, representing the Chinese practicalist school of journalism. He reveals the dark side of the sunlight and tells the stories behind the scenes of the swordplay of news. This book is a panoramic scan of Zhao Shilong's ten-year journalistic journey, as well as his first work of memoirs exposing major news behind the scenes. The book comprehensively records the process of Zhao Shilong, a reporter for the Modern Man Newspaper, Nanfang Zhoumo, Yangcheng Evening News, and the News Commentary Department of China Central Television, in conducting in-depth interviews on various major social news. It reveals for the first time a large number of behind-the-scenes news stories. With a sharp and detached tone, the book tells the concerns and reflections during the Three Gorges investigation and the schistosomiasis investigation, the heavy burdens and resolute determination in investigating the forced prostitution case of women in Guangzhou Changzhou Rehabilitation Center, the Gaohuo Gaokao cheating incident in Hunan, the dangers and helplessness in investigating the Shaoyang explosion case, the "hat" and "cudgeling" suffered by AIDS patients in Shangluo, Shaanxi, the pain and helplessness in interviewing the "city collapse disaster," mining accidents, and judicial corruption, the irony and absurdity in investigating the "body dumping" case in Dongguan and the "godlike doctor," the danger and courage in witnessing the pyramid scheme chaos and the Xi'an explosion, the twists and hardships in investigating old photographs and the arduous journey into the wilderness to find the crash site of the flight, as well as the ease and fun in interviewing the poetic and lyrical human geography like wine and poetry. The book is rich in content, with a plot full of twists and turns. Reading it is like hearing thunder echoing in the ears, yet also like pearls falling on jade, moving the heart and provoking deep reflection.