I was fourteen when Kissinger made his secret trip to China, and then there was subsequently Nixon's trip to China, and I… — John Pomfret China Copy Share Image
Whereas with foreign coverage there's a much broader disconnect between you and your audience. — John Pomfret Audience Copy Share Image
In some ways the domestic reporting is a lot easier because Americans will talk to you about anything. — John Pomfret About Copy Share Image
But on the other hand, in the midst of the chaos, you find normal people. You find people who are willing to… — John Pomfret Chaos Copy Share Image
And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early. — John Pomfret China Copy Share Image
I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China. — John Pomfret Been Copy Share Image
When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best… — John Pomfret About Copy Share Image
I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time… — John Pomfret Addition Copy Share Image
Working overseas is more difficult in that it's much more complicated to get people to open their hearts to you and to… — John Pomfret Complicated Copy Share Image
I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who… — John Pomfret Also Copy Share Image
For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they… — John Pomfret American Copy Share Image
Good journalism, I think, represents life and if you try to organize something too neatly it usually blows up in your face… — John Pomfret Blows Copy Share Image
And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but… — John Pomfret Affect Copy Share Image
The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to… — John Pomfret Abroad Copy Share Image
I went back to the States and started at a small newspaper in Riverside County, California, covering the police; I was making… — John Pomfret Back Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York City in the late '70s, at a time when U.S. - China relations were something that… — John Pomfret Basis Copy Share Image
Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered. — John Pomfret Crime Copy Share Image
One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we… — John Pomfret American Copy Share Image
The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time… — John Pomfret Bosnia Copy Share Image
A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person… — John Pomfret American Copy Share Image
Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively. — John Pomfret Doing Copy Share Image
I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these… — John Pomfret Affect Copy Share Image
