I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took revenge on the Hutus, there is a sense of being swept up and a sense that the society in which they live has gone mad. John Pomfret bosniaextenthutu share on social
When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good. John Pomfret equationeyegood share on social
And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early. John Pomfret chinaearlylucky Change image and share on social
One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we plop it down and it follows us around and that's just a fact of life. John Pomfret americanbaggagebring Change image and share on social
I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions. John Pomfret bosnianlifenumerous Change image and share on social
When you do a job like this you have to like having cold sweat on your back. John Pomfret backcoldjob Change image and share on social
The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid for it. John Pomfret abroaddesirejournalist Change image and share on social