Brazilian journalist Igor Patrick has been a major contributor to the understanding of and communication with China by Brazilian audiences.
Patrick traveled to Beijing for the first time in 2014 as part of an exchange program while he was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in journalism at PUC Minas, a Brazilian university in the state of Minas Gerais.
His dissatisfaction with the lack of China-related information available in the global media and what he witnessed in daily life motivated him to integrate this experience into his journalistic career and seek more knowledge about the country.
The mysterious minutiae
“My knowledge at that time came from my own research and
