Out of China: An Affair in a Dangerous Ditch

Four decades ago, this month — August 1980 — I set out on a wild adventure. To work at Radio Beijing in China. That trek would be impossible today. Looking back to that incredible journey is provoked by the recent dangerous collapse of the U.S.-China relationship that seemed so promising then.

Director, producer of documentary films for PBS, features for NPR, author "Forbidden Fruit - 1980 Beijing," articles for Washington Post, Mother Jones, & more

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Gail Pellett

Gail Pellett

Director, producer of documentary films for PBS, features for NPR, author "Forbidden Fruit - 1980 Beijing," articles for Washington Post, Mother Jones, & more

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