In his recent book, Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic, American journalist Mike Chinoy tells the story of how American journalists have covered China―from the civil war of the 1940s through the COVID-19 pandemic―in their own words. He assembled a large collection of personal accounts from well-known journalists, including Stanley Karnow, Seymour Topping, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Melinda Liu, Nicholas Kristof, Joseph Kahn, Evan Osnos, David Barboza, Amy Qin, and Megha Rajagopalan, among dozens of others. The book provides valuable source material for research and an interesting perspective to read. According to the publisher, understanding the people who have covered China for the American media and how they have done so is crucial to understanding the news.