A number of states have enacted laws prohibiting Chinese and others from “countries of concern” from purchasing homes or land.

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USC U.S.-China Institute (南加州大学美中学院)
USC U.S.-China Institute (南加州大学美中学院)
Email: mikechinoy@gmail.com
Mike Chinoy was CNN's Senior Asia Correspondent and served as a foreign correspondent for more than thirty years. After joining CNN at its London bureau in 1983, Chinoy served as Beijing Bureau Chief from 1987 to 1995. During that time he covered the 1989 events at Tiananmen Square, earning the CableACE, duPont and Peabody awards. He was also Hong Kong Bureau Chief for five years. His other awards include the Silver Medal from the New York Film Festival and Asian Television Awards for his reporting in Indonesia and Taiwan. Chinoy's published two books, China Live: People Power and the Television Revolution (1999) and Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis (2008). He taught at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and ran the School's Hong Kong summer program 2007-2009. From 2006-2009 he was Edgerton Senior Fellow at the Pacific Council for International Policy.
Education:
- M.A. (Journalism), Columbia University
- B.A. (Chinese Studies), Yale University
Documentaries:
- Assignment: China – ongoing (Youtube Preview)
Selected publications:
- Chinoy, Mike. Are You With Me? Kevin Boyle and the Rise of the Human Rights Movement. Dublin, Ireland: Lilliput Press, 2020.
- Chinoy, Mike. The Last P.O.W. Seattle: Kindle Single, 2014.
- Chinoy, Mike. "How S. Korea's tough policy on North backfired." CNN. 1 Jan 2011.
Honors and Awards:
- Dupont Award- 2004
- Emmy Award, Dupont Award, Peabody Award - 1989
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