AP reporter Christopher Bodeen, a tenacious chronicler of China’s rise, dies at 55

Longtime AP correspondent Christopher Bodeen has died at 55. He was a tenacious, old-school wire service reporter who brought a keen analytical eye and a wry sense of humor to decades of work in China, Taiwan and in war zones and natural disasters across the globe for The Associated Press. Bodeen's daughter says he died Monday after a long struggle with cancer and complications from a stroke.…