• Author plans to hire an excellent publicist and spend at least six months promoting this memoir, especially to women readers. • China is a hot topic now, and the author plans to increase her visibility by writing opinion pieces and articles about China today. • Author recently redesigned her author website, dorijonesyang.com, to incorporate a blog and enable it to capture emails by offering free excerpts. She plans to post regularly on this blog, build up a following, and accelerate the pace as publication approaches, commenting on current events relating to Hong Kong and China. • Author plans to use her Facebook author page to drive traffic to the site and also become a more active contributor to Goodreads. • Author has a list of experts to approach for blurbs and China-related organizations where she might speak during a book tour after publication. She has experience in bookstore talks, book trailers, guest blog posts, and awards applications. • The author has organized book talks and book tours and spoken at six local bookstores for previous books: Elliott Bay, Third Place Books, Island Books, Brick & Mortar, University Books, Park Place/Book Tree, as well as Powell Books in Portland and Village Books in Bellingham. She plans to promote this book there, as well as in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, and New York, cities with large Chinese populations and keen interest in international relations.

A Riveting Memoir of Cross-Cultural Romance at a Pivotal Moment in History When China opened its doors in the 1980s, it shocked the world by allowing private enterprise and free markets. As a foreign correspondent for BusinessWeek, Dori Jones Yang was among the first American journalists to cover China under Deng Xiaoping, who dared to defy Maoist doctrine as he rushed to catch up with richer nations. Fluent in Mandarin, she got to know ordinary Chinese people - who were embracing opportunities that had once been unimaginable in China. This deeply personal story follows her rise from rookie reporter to experienced journalist. Her cross-cultural romance gave her deeper insights into how Deng's reforms led to hopes for better lives. This euphoria - shared by American businesses and Chinese citizens alike - reached its peak in 1989, when peaceful protestors filled Tiananmen Square, demanding democracy. On the ground in Beijing, Dori lived that hope, as well as the despair that followed. You'll be inspired by this book of empowerment about a young woman from Ohio who pushed aside barriers to become a foreign correspondent and then persevered despite setbacks. Written in a time when China's rapid rise is setting off fears in Washington, this book offers insight into the daring policies that started it all.