Retrospective: Asia through the lens of ‘FEER'  

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George, Alice Lloyd

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Far Eastern Economic Review vol. 172 no. 10 (Dec. 2009), page 76.
Topik: Asia; China; New Era; Transition

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It was the beginning of a new era for the region, and the FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW was a new magazine to report it. In 1946, Asia was still in upheaval; the Pacific War had wrought devastation, a wave of decolonization was sweeping across the region, and China was mired in ideological struggle and civil war. Rural poverty stretched from Korea to Malaya, and in a pre-Asean, pre-APEC and pre-globalization world, few could have imagined that the region's fragmented nations would come together to form an economic powerhouse with integrated supply chains. But the REVIEW's founders had a vision of Asia and its potential. In the inaugural issue, Editor Eric Halpern claimed that Hong Kong was one of the world's leading hubs and would make the best location for his new business magazine: "It is an international meeting place of the first order, a ‘civilization exchange' between West and East," he wrote. For the next 63 years, from its vantage point on the tip of China, the REVIEW chronicled local news and trends, evolving from a publication with detailed analysis of economic and financial data to a successful, lively current-affairs magazine covering politics, culture and business. As Asia changed, the REVIEW changed with it. After Halpern, Dick Wilson took over as editor in chief from 1958-64, and the magazine's coverage expanded to include regional affairs beyond Hong Kong and China. Wilson grew the publication, recruiting correspondents and assistant editors, changing layout, building government and diplomatic contacts, and contributing so many articles himself that he wrote under three pseudonyms. In his six years of tenure he quadrupled its circulation and trebled its staff, though profits remained "elusive."

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