Media Decoder Blog: Blind Chinese Rights Activist Is Writing a Memoir

Chen Guangcheng, whose nighttime escape and conflict with the Chinese government led to a diplomatic crisis for the United States last spring, is writing a memoir to be published next year. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Ronan Farrow’s dark memoir puts the media at the center of intersecting conspiracies

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File under gross, predictable: Sarah Huckabee Sanders is writing a memoir.

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HuffPost UK falls in line with 'premium' Verizon Media strategy after axing blogs

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Gina Miller to write 'rallying cry' memoir, Rise

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