{"product_id":"reporter-fifty-years-covering-asia","title":"Reporter: Fifty Years Covering Asia","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eReporter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis an account of John McBeth’s 50-year journey through Asia, more than half of that time as a correspondent for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar Eastern Economic Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the venerable magazine long regarded as the region’s English-language Bible on political and economic affairs. While necessarily a memoir, the book is more a reflection of the lives of a small group of foreign journalists who came to Asia on a wing and a prayer — and in McBeth’s case by ship — and stayed on as fascinated witnesses to a region going through turbulent times and historic change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePart-history, part-analysis, part story-telling and, in a smaller way, part-commentary on the salad days of print journalism and its steady decline under the onslaught of television and the Internet,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eReporter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eintroduces us to a diverse cast of journalists, diplomats, officials, politicians and generals McBeth meets and befriends along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eNew in paperback to make 50 years reporting in Asia, the original book has been complemented with a new introduction and a new chapter “The Defining Years” which bring McBeth’s story up to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"APD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39738203242609,"sku":"9789811821165","price":28.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/9789811821165_1.jpg?v=1648718198","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/reporter-fifty-years-covering-asia","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}