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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Interview with Margaret Jones, Writer
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Jones talks about her trip to China in 1973 and then compares it with her trip in 1986. She then talks about her novel, The Confucius Enigma. Jones then compares the situation in 1974 and 1975 when one couldn't talk to ordinary Chinese to 1986 when it was possible. Jones also talks about the attitude of Chinese officials to journalists and attempts by Russians to get information from her about the situation in China. She also talks about The Smiling Buddha, a novel about Cambodia and her meetings with Prince Sihanouk. Jones also discusses writing Thatcher's Kingdom and a just completed novel about the return of art treasures from England to Greece. She is currently writing short stories. Jones then talks about her move from journalism to fiction writing; early days with the ABC, Mirror and Sydney Morning Herald (SMH); working in London and New York; discrimination against women journalists and her position as the first woman foreign editor of SMH and the changed situation today.

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  • A follow-up to the two Conversations with Hazel de Berg, 1973, 1976.

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      1994 .
      Extent: 1 digital audio tape (60 min.); transcript (23 leaves)p.
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y separately published work icon Conversation with Margaret Jones Hazel de Berg (interviewer), 1973 Z1110029 1973 single work interview Jones speaks of her work as a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald ; about leaving for Peking and her prospects for gathering news ; the editorial policies of the Sydney Morning Herald ; she speaks about feature writing ; the techniques she employs when interviewing ; about her reasons for wanting to become a journalist ; she then speaks of her childhood.
y separately published work icon Conversation with Margaret Jones Hazel de Berg (interviewer), 1976 Z1110042 1976 single work interview Jones speaks of her two year stay in Peking as correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald ; of the controlled nature of news sources in China ; the amount of contact allowed with Chinese nationals during this period ; difficulties encountered when gathering news ; Chinese social customs ; Chinese urban workers and the peasants ; her impressions of Australia on her return.
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    China,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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