Liu Xiaoqian, a young CCTV reporter who went to The Brazilian drug cartel in Latin America to interview, this time focused on the charming and mysterious country of Cuba. In six years, Liu Xiaoqian has made nine in-depth visits to Cuba, witnessing a mighty hurricane sweeping over the dull islands, exploring the undercurrents beneath the calm surface in a country frozen by time, and recently published a new book, "Hurricanes Skimming Over Cane Fields: A Chinese Journalist's Observations in Cuba.".
Hurricanes sweeping over cane fields:
A Chinese Journalist's Insights in Cuba
Liu Xiaoqian
Youfeng | Beijing United Publishing Company
In 2014, the "Oriental Time and Space" column of CCTV News Channel launched the Special Program "Into the City of God" of the World Cup Countdown Series, in which CCTV foreign correspondent Liu Xiaoqian visited Brazil for in-depth documentary reporting. Because he went deep into the Investigation of Brazilian Drug Trafficking Syndicates alone, Liu Xiaoqian was called "the familiar Chinese figure on the front line of international news" by the majority of netizens.
After the news of Fidel Castro's death in December 2016, Liu Xiaoqian prepared to write a field experience in Havana at the request of the magazine. In the six years since, he has traveled to Cuba nine times to interview, go deep into Cuban society, examine it with the eyes of insiders, write with calm brushstrokes, and truthfully present readers with an unknown Cuban "dictionary of life".
While witnessing many historical events such as Castro's death, Obama's visit to Cuba, and the resumption of friendship between the United States and Cuba, he tried to record the social atmosphere and human state in Cuba: from film school students to literary giants Hemingway, from state-run ice cream shops to cigar factories in the city, from bards to musical theater performances, from the free pricing of wet markets to the abolition of the "white card" of people's exit permits... In this frozen country of time, explore the secrecy, enthusiasm, predicament and vitality beneath the calm surface. Liu Xiaoqian recorded his story of conveying the voice of China at the international news scene, presenting the style of a new generation of Chinese journalists abroad who "inherit the mission and struggle with me".
The book contains a number of precious work photos of the author at the scene, presenting readers with the daily customs of Cuba and the moments of the news scene.
The book is the second in the author's "Latin American Trilogy", the first in the series, "On land: A Chinese journalist's Latin American drug investigation", which was nominated for the "2020 Book Industry Annual Selection of Best Social Science Books of the Year".
Overland Boats: A Chinese Journalist's Investigation into Latin American Drugs, by Liu Xiaoqian, People's Publishing House