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China Road: One Man´s Journey into the Heart of Modern China
Rob Gifford
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Description for China Road: One Man´s Journey into the Heart of Modern China
Paperback. An eye-opening travel narrative that explores a huge country waking up to its potential Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288. One Man's Journey into the Heart of Modern China. 352 pages. An eye-opening travel narrative that explores a huge country waking up to its potential. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTL. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight: 254.
Running 3,000 miles from the eat-coast boomtown of Shanghai to the border of Kazakhstan in the north-west, Route 312 - China's 'Route 66' - is a road that Rob Gifford has always wanted to travel. Gifford's journey and his desire to get to the heart of this country make China Road an outstanding and funny travel narrative - part pilgrimage, part reportage - which illuminates a country on the move.
Running 3,000 miles from the eat-coast boomtown of Shanghai to the border of Kazakhstan in the north-west, Route 312 - China's 'Route 66' - is a road that Rob Gifford has always wanted to travel. Gifford's journey and his desire to get to the heart of this country make China Road an outstanding and funny travel narrative - part pilgrimage, part reportage - which illuminates a country on the move.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747593355
SKU
V9780747593355
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford first went to China in 1987 as a twenty-year-old undergraduate, to study the language. A fluent Mandarin speaker and former BBC producer, he has spent twenty years studying, visiting and reporting on China. From 1999 to 2005 he was Beijing correspondent for the US network, National Public Radio. During that time he travelled all over China, from Tibet ... Read more
Reviews for China Road: One Man´s Journey into the Heart of Modern China
'Fascinating ... gives us a privileged view of China's dark corners and its exhilarating vistas' Daily Telegraph 'Gifford gets under the skin of the world's next superpower ... he's the perfect guide'
Wanderlust 'Gifford is one of the few Europeans to have made the whole journey as a hitchhiker. On the way, as splendidly recorded in China ... Read more
Wanderlust 'Gifford is one of the few Europeans to have made the whole journey as a hitchhiker. On the way, as splendidly recorded in China ... Read more