Whereas with foreign coverage there's a much broader disconnect between you and your audience. John Pomfret audiencebroadcoverage Change image and 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
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
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 grew up in New York City in the late '70s, at a time when U.S. - China relations were something that was on the front page of The New York Times on a regular basis. John Pomfret 70sbasischina Change image and share on social
I was fourteen when Kissinger made his secret trip to China, and then there was subsequently Nixon's trip to China, and I was very much seized with an interest in China. John Pomfret chinafourteeninterest 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
