Comments on: National Geographic: China – Inside the Dragon http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/02/national-geographic-china-inside-the-dragon/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: luyi99 http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/02/national-geographic-china-inside-the-dragon/comment-page-1/#comment-128598 luyi99 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:43:20 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1067#comment-128598 I didn't read this magazine until 2 days ago. I was waiting in my OB/GYN's office and grabbed the one on the top of a pile magazines. This issue amazed me definitely. Given what happened in Tibet on Mar 14, 2008, a coverage on China without mentioning "crack down", "Tibet cause" was very rare (or maybe it was too late to change the contents?). <br><br>As a Chinese lives in USA for 10+ years, I am tired of reading negative news about China. This NGM special issue on China was a relatively objective one. I didn't read this magazine until 2 days ago. I was waiting in my OB/GYN's office and grabbed the one on the top of a pile magazines. This issue amazed me definitely. Given what happened in Tibet on Mar 14, 2008, a coverage on China without mentioning “crack down”, “Tibet cause” was very rare (or maybe it was too late to change the contents?).

As a Chinese lives in USA for 10+ years, I am tired of reading negative news about China. This NGM special issue on China was a relatively objective one.

]]> By: luyi99 http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/02/national-geographic-china-inside-the-dragon/comment-page-1/#comment-125693 luyi99 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:43:20 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1067#comment-125693 I didn't read this magazine until 2 days ago. I was waiting in my OB/GYN's office and grabbed the one on the top of a pile magazines. This issue amazed me definitely. Given what happened in Tibet on Mar 14, 2008, a coverage on China without mentioning "crack down", "Tibet cause" was very rare (or maybe it was too late to change the contents?). <br><br>As a Chinese lives in USA for 10+ years, I am tired of reading negative news about China. This NGM special issue on China was a relatively objective one. I didn't read this magazine until 2 days ago. I was waiting in my OB/GYN's office and grabbed the one on the top of a pile magazines. This issue amazed me definitely. Given what happened in Tibet on Mar 14, 2008, a coverage on China without mentioning “crack down”, “Tibet cause” was very rare (or maybe it was too late to change the contents?).

As a Chinese lives in USA for 10+ years, I am tired of reading negative news about China. This NGM special issue on China was a relatively objective one.

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/02/national-geographic-china-inside-the-dragon/comment-page-1/#comment-65330 Marilyn Terrell Sat, 03 May 2008 11:56:34 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1067#comment-65330 I work at National Geographic, and even I was amazed at this issue. I also loved the Amy Tan story about the mountain village in Guizhou: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/guizhou/amy-tan-text The print issue contains a great map of China, with an exploded diagram of the Forbidden City on the back. On the Geographic website are several exclusive online features, including two fascinating articles from the archives. "My Life in Forbidden Lhasa," a story first published in NatGeo in 1955, was written by Heinrich Harrer, who escaped a POW camp in World War ll and ended up in Tibet and became the tutor to the young Dalai Lama: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/tibetans/harrer-text Another archival story is "Return to Changing China," which was first published in 1971. It was written by Canadian Audrey Topping who returned to China after having lived there pre-Mao, and her insights on the transformed country are pretty illuminating: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/changing-china-1971/topping-text I work at National Geographic, and even I was amazed at this issue. I also loved the Amy Tan story about the mountain village in Guizhou:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/guizhou/amy-tan-text

The print issue contains a great map of China, with an exploded diagram of the Forbidden City on the back. On the Geographic website are several exclusive online features, including two fascinating articles from the archives. “My Life in Forbidden Lhasa,” a story first published in NatGeo in 1955, was written by Heinrich Harrer, who escaped a POW camp in World War ll and ended up in Tibet and became the tutor to the young Dalai Lama:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/tibetans/harrer-text

Another archival story is “Return to Changing China,” which was first published in 1971. It was written by Canadian Audrey Topping who returned to China after having lived there pre-Mao, and her insights on the transformed country are pretty illuminating:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/changing-china-1971/topping-text

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/02/national-geographic-china-inside-the-dragon/comment-page-1/#comment-138307 Marilyn Terrell Sat, 03 May 2008 11:56:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1067#comment-138307 I work at National Geographic, and even I was amazed at this issue. I also loved the Amy Tan story about the mountain village in Guizhou: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/guizhou/amy-tan-text The print issue contains a great map of China, with an exploded diagram of the Forbidden City on the back. On the Geographic website are several exclusive online features, including two fascinating articles from the archives. "My Life in Forbidden Lhasa," a story first published in NatGeo in 1955, was written by Heinrich Harrer, who escaped a POW camp in World War ll and ended up in Tibet and became the tutor to the young Dalai Lama: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/tibetans/harrer-text Another archival story is "Return to Changing China," which was first published in 1971. It was written by Canadian Audrey Topping who returned to China after having lived there pre-Mao, and her insights on the transformed country are pretty illuminating: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/changing-china-1971/topping-text I work at National Geographic, and even I was amazed at this issue. I also loved the Amy Tan story about the mountain village in Guizhou:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/guizhou/amy-tan-text

The print issue contains a great map of China, with an exploded diagram of the Forbidden City on the back. On the Geographic website are several exclusive online features, including two fascinating articles from the archives. “My Life in Forbidden Lhasa,” a story first published in NatGeo in 1955, was written by Heinrich Harrer, who escaped a POW camp in World War ll and ended up in Tibet and became the tutor to the young Dalai Lama:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/tibetans/harrer-text

Another archival story is “Return to Changing China,” which was first published in 1971. It was written by Canadian Audrey Topping who returned to China after having lived there pre-Mao, and her insights on the transformed country are pretty illuminating:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/changing-china-1971/topping-text

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