China Road : A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power (Paperback)

from marient

Route 312 ifis the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and e...

from lazybee

China Road details Rob Giffords' trip along China's 3,000 mile Route 312. He begins in Shanghai, and hitchhikes, buses and cabs his way across the country to the Kazahkstani border. Gifford spent six years as NPR's Beijing correspondent, and knows the country and language well. His journey shows ...

from nobooksnolife

British author Rob Gifford, fluent in Mandarin, with 20 years experience in China as a student and journalist, decides to travel Route 312 from Shanghai to Korgaz (China's border with Kazakhstan). Devoting a summer to this 3000-mile trip via buses and taxis, he brings his career experience to pon...

from booksmartfool

NPR Correspondent's road trip on China's route 66 is illuminating for the western reader, given our lack of exposure to China's long history and civilization. Gifford masterfully combines enough imformation about China's past to give an understanding of the extensive migration and rapid industria...

from Niecierpek

A travelogue from the journey made along Route 312- sort of Chinese Route 66- from Shanghai to Kazakhstan's border, chronicling the changes the post Mao communist regime and globalization have brought to the country. Gifford made the trip east to west and through the Gobi desert along the former ...