Günther Stein

Gunther Stein ( born 1900 in Berlin, † 1961 in London ) was a German journalist and author.

Life

Stone was 1920-1933 employed by the Berliner Tageblatt. In 1932, he was a correspondent in Moscow. Due to his Jewish origins, he emigrated to England in 1933 from. From 1934, Stein was a foreign correspondent in Japan for the Manchester Guardian, the. Christian Science Monitor and the Associated Press and worked from 1938 to 1941 in Hong Kong In 1945 he went to the USA in 1947 and returned back to the UK.

The editor of the Christian Science Monitor, Erwin D. Canham, wrote in his 1958 published story of his newspaper, Commitment to Freedom, on stone posts to Japan and China in his newspaper, which ended in 1945. In it, he speculates, Stone worked for the Soviet Union during his stay in Japan. He refers to him as " puzzling " and that "too little knew ".

U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy accused Stone of spying for China. During the Second World War, he was said to be a part of the "ring " of Richard Sorge. In addition, Stone is said to have collaborated with Max Christiansen -Clausen.

Works

• Made in Japan. Methuen, 1935.
• Far East in Ferment. Methuen, 1936.
• Chung King Considers the Future. American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1942.
• The Challenge of Red China. Da Capo Press, 1945, ISBN 0-306-70736-5.
• American Business With East Asia: A study of economic relations in between the United States and East Asia, 1946-1947. American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1947.
• The World the Dollar Built. D. Dobson, 1952.