The Tiannamen Square Crisis, the subsequent rise of China, the war in Afghanistan, the overthrow of Indonesia President Suharto, and the former US President Jimmy Carter’s peace making trip to Pyongyang. For all these consequential events in Asia, Mike Chinoy was there as the face of CNN.
After joining CNN in 1983 as a correspondent in its London bureau, Mike Chinoy was the Senior Asia Correspondent with eight years as Beijing Bureu Chief and five years as Hong Kong Bureau Chief. He is an acclaimed journalist who has received an Emmy Award, an Award for Cable Excellence, a Dupont Award and a Peabody Award.
Mike Chinoy is now the Edgerton Senior Fellow on Asia at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles. He is visiting Australia promoting his most recent book Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis, a highly-acclaimed expose based on hundreds of interviews and 14 trips to North Korea.
Join Mike Chinoy to share his unique and expansive insider’s perspective on the North Korean nuclear crisis and other issues central to the security of Asia and the US in this rare appearance in Melbourne.
This event is co-presented by Asialink at The University of Melbourne and the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and supported by Readings Books, Music and Film.
