At first, she was assigned to do stories on the wives of American officers in China. But she was very unhappy with the disdainful attitude that the officers 'wives had toward women reporters. She then asked to be transferred to reporting directly on the US military, and this is how she met Claire Chennault.
初時，她被派往採訪美國軍官太太的勞軍新聞，卻對官太太們瞧不起女性記者的態度頗為不滿，遂請調採訪美軍新聞，因此結下了與陳納德將軍的情緣。