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Fox Butterfield Interview - First Post-1949 - New York Times Correspondent in China

Fox Butterfield Interview - First Post-1949 - New York Times Correspondent in China

Update: 2025-06-04
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This episode is a special one. The podcast has a conversation with Fox Butterfield, the first correspondent for the New York Times after 1949. Mr. Butterfield set up the Beijing Bureau for the New York Times in 1979 and was the bureau chief from 1979 to 1981. 

Mr. Butterfield started studying Chinese in 1958, and was a student of John Fairbank. 

In this episode, I got the priveldge of interviewing Mr. Butterfield at his home. We talked about his experience with John Fairbank, his friendship with Senators John McCain and Joe Biden, his work on the Pentagon Papers and many other topics.   

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Fox Butterfield Interview - First Post-1949 - New York Times Correspondent in China

Fox Butterfield Interview - First Post-1949 - New York Times Correspondent in China

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