The Chinese
by John Fraser
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The most revealing and cliche-shattering portrait of the Chinese people.Tags
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Offers a very interesting and well-written portrait of China during the late 1970s.
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11 Works 429 Members
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Common Knowledge
- Original title
- The Chinese - Portrait of a People
- Original publication date
- 1980
- Important places
- China
- Dedication
- For my parents
- First words
- Thousands of tourists are now pouring into China.
Prologue: In the fall of 1976, I was called into my editor's office at the Toronto Globe and Mail and asked if I would like to become the newspaper's resident correspondent in Peking. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It's an ache that just won't go away.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Sociology, General Nonfiction, Travel, History, Politics and Government, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 951.05 — History & geography History of Asia East Asia: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea History 1949- (People's Republic, 20th century)
- LCC
- DS712 .F7 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia China
Statistics
- Members
- 244
- Popularity
- 131,372
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.50)
- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, German, Spanish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 7
