And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever. John Pomfret affectamericabeacon share on social
I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China. John Pomfret chinagreatpost 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
The work is a calling. It demands that type of obsession. John Pomfret calldemandobsession 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 think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to connect the fact that there are a lot of shared values in addition to those differences. John Pomfret additionconnectdifference share on social
I went back to the States and started at a small newspaper in Riverside County, California, covering the police; I was making $280 a week covering the police. John Pomfret backcaliforniacounty Change image and share on social
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
For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they are the ones that changed fundamentally the map of Bosnia, not the Bosnian army. John Pomfret americanarmybosnia share on social
I've been shot at on numerous occasions. John Pomfret havenumerousoccasion Change image and share on social
