Becoming a ‘Friend of China’

I’ve never met Edwin Maher. From all I’ve heard, he is a very nice man, a New Zealander by birth. I used to see him regularly on CCTV 9, the English language channel of China’s state broadcaster, where was a principal anchor and newsreader for several years. I wouldn’t normally think about Maher. Except that his name popped up over the weekend in a Xinhua story about the 15 most influential foreigners on China’s development over the past three decades. The list includes many notables, like I

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Becoming a ‘Friend of China’