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Growing up in China, I spent as much timeas possible reading American and European history. When I discovered thetranscripts of David Frost’s interviews with six British prime ministers andseven U.S. presidents, I knew that I had found the mother lode (very richsource of something) and, more importantly, my career. Like Frost, I decided toblend my love of history and political science with my interest in journalism.By attending Yale and double majoring in history and political science, I wouldbuild the foundation necessary to be a journalist of Frost’s caliber.
Living in a small (at least by Chinesestandards) city in Sichuan Province, I had limited opportunities to learn aboutthe outside world. Consequently, the small local library became my refuge.Virtually daily, I sat and read histories of the world—and especially theWest—and biographies of famous leaders, including Washington, Lincoln,Roosevelt, Churchill, and Kennedy. . .и
I was especially fascinated by journalists’accounts of the “week that changed the world”—Nixon’s and Kissinger’s meetingswith Mao and Zhou En-lai and, therefore, tried to read not only Chinese butalso Western journalists’ accounts of these groundbreaking events. .google и
At this point, in order to realize my dreamof becoming a political journalist, I want to study history, political science,and, of course, English at Yale. Even if I do not reach the heights attained byDavid Frost, I would hope to contribute to the field of journalism and, bydoing so, help clarify the differences between Western and Chinese politicalsystems.
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