China is set to become the world's next superpower. Should America celebrate - or be afraid? Friend or Foe? deals with vital Who are China's power-players? Will the Chinese economy increase trade or kill off our livelihoods? How is China using its political and cultural influence? Accessible and hard-hitting, Friend or Foe? goes beyond borders and stereotypes to explain what China means to America and the West at large.
China is challenging the mighty behemoths, Google and Facebook, and creating alternative New Media; 750 million people are on its Social Mediascape and there are a billion mobile phones deploying the innovative apps with which Chinese conduct their lives. Though late starters, already four of the world’s leading New Media companies are Chinese. China’s old media—television, newspapers, radio—compete with the established powers, long thought unassailable, such as CNN and BBC. Produced in many languages on every continent, they are redefining the agenda and telling the story China’s way. News and documentary are being followed by entertainment. The world’s biggest manufacturer of TV drama is now making its stories for export. China’s Media tells you why and how; it investigates the Chinese media, their strengths and weaknesses, and how they are different. Abjuring the customary casual writing off of China’s media as "propaganda," this book takes them seriously.
Umbria 1943. Nazi troops are massacring whole villages in retaliation for help being given to even a single fugitive. The injured FitzGerald, assisted by a young widow, Lucia, organises the evasion of six hundred prisoners who go on to hide in the hills or make their way out of Nazi occupied Italy.