China Road, Rob Gifford
China Road, Rob Gifford
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China Road
A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

Author: Rob Gifford

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 10 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, Travel

Synopsis

Based on his successful National Public Radio series, Giffords book draws on twenty years of firsthand observation of this rapidly transforming country. On his journey, he takes the listener through Chinas past and present while he tries to make sense of this complex nations potential future.

About Rob Gifford

Rob Gifford has spent twenty years studying and reporting on China and has just wrapped up a six-year run as National Public Radio’s Beijing bureau chief. During that time, he traveled to almost every province in China, reporting on the social and economic revolution that is transforming the nation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on August 24, 2008

For a reader such as I, who knows so little about China, this was an excellent and accessible overview. As he experiences the tidal wave of hyper-modernity that begins in the eastern cities and rushes into the remote western deserts and mountains, Gifford offers neat bytes of China's immense history......more

Goodreads review by Paul on July 07, 2008

Rob Gifford convinced me that China an enigma to much of the world for good reason, not just because of our ignorance. Points that stuck with me: First, China is a collection of ethnic minorities, some of whom have almost nothing to do with the rest of China except by political fiat. Head west in Chi......more

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