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xv Acknowledgments Without the generous assistance of many friends and colleagues we could have not assembled the complete texts of 32 newspapers, four news magazines, as well as news and special programs from 14 television channels, scattered from Beijing to London, from New York to Tokyo, from Sydney to Toronto, and from Hong Kong to Taipei. Deserving our gratitude are Qiu Xiangzhong (London), Dr. Zhao Bin (Cardiff), Eugene Louie (San Jose), Zhan Jun (Washington , D.C.), Dr. Judy Polumbaum (Iowa City), Dr. Chen Shimin (Taipei), Dr. Lo Venhui (Taipei), Professor Pang Kafat (Taipei), Dr. Yang Chang (Vancouver ), Wang Bing (Tokyo), Professor Huang Shengmin (Tokyo), Zhong Jing (Beijing), and Yin Jing (Beijing). C. K. Lau, a South China Morning Post columnist, collected the Australian materials for us. The British Council library in Hong Kong donated copies of British newspapers. Doris Tsang shuttled between various newsrooms to fetch textual materials under the simmering sun. Lam Kong efficiently taped Hong Kong television. MakYiu-on provided CTN tapes. Our hats off to all of them. This huge database was managed under the remarkably gracious and meticulous purview of Winnie Kwok, who prodded us on, gently scolded us when deserved, gave us a pat on the back when not so deserved, and pushed us through many moments of despair. To her we owe our deepest debt and admiration . Professor Huang Shengmin, whose one-month sojourn in Hong Kong as a visiting scholar was spent exclusively on no other bigger fun than decoding the meaning of Japanese media texts, deserves a hearty thank you. An anonymous Japanese researcher read a draft on Japan. A group of dedicated graduate students including Julia Chu, Francis Lee, Zhang Yong, and Li Yanhong undertook the content analysis. Julia Chu also contributed to library research and data management. Francis Lee analyzed the data of content analysis. Zhang Yong assisted in the preparation of Appendix I. Dr. Ma Ngor transcribed some of the interview tapes. Mandy Leung assisted in library research and in checking the citations. Mak Wing Kau helped in compiling the name and subject indices. We thank them. This work, as part of the “Mass Media and Political Transition” project, received generous support with funds from the Universities Research Grants Committee of Hong Kong. Professors Jeremy Tunstall, Everette Dennis, Lowell Dittmer, and Lynn White III offered critical support at the early stage. We are also indebted to the Shaw College, the United College, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong for providing supplemental small grants. Throughout , we have had the intellectual blessing and encouragement of Professor Elihu Katz. Professor James Curran honored us with an invitation to contribute a chapter (Lee et al., 2000) to Mass Media and Society. Professor Akiba Cohen moderated a theme session devoted to our project at the International Communication Association convention in Jerusalem. Professors Cees Hamelink, Jon F. Nussbaum, and Dave Dembers have offered timely reassurance to our work in their capacities as editors of various journals (Pan et al., 1999, 2001; Lee et al., 2001). xvi Acknowledgments ...

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