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A first-hand account of a journey halfway across Asia. Focuses largely on the regions of China, beginning with Shanghai to the banks of the Indus, where he meets modern Chinese for whom the land beyond the Great Wall is still a mystery, a place of exile, and a prison for political prisoners.

"Among the millions of stories ever told, the tales of the legendary explorer Marco Polo are the most renowned. Listen as an old-time scribe tells his curious young neighbor about stories that are worth remembering"--Provided by publisher.".

Eddie Huang, Chinese-American chef and author, follows his journey from Williamsburg to Mongolia, Shanghai and Chengdu, as he reconnects with his Chinese culture.

In 1938, when the Japanese arrived in Huan Hsu's great-great-grandfather Liu's Yangtze River hometown of Xingang, Liu was forced to bury his valuables, including a vast collection of prized antique porcelain, and undertake a decades-long trek that would splinter the family over thousands of miles. Many years and upheavals later, Hsu, raised in Salt Lake City and armed only with curiosity, moved to China to work in his uncle's semiconductor chip business. Once there, a conversation with his grandmother, his last living link to dynastic China, ignites a desire to learn more about not only his lost ancestral heirlooms but also porcelain itself. Mastering the language enough to venture into the countryside, Hsu set out to separate the layers of fact and fiction that have obscured both China and his heritage and finally complete his family's long march back home. Provides a revealing, lively perspective on contemporary Chinese society from the point of view of a Chinese- American coming to terms with his hyphenated identity.

The distinguished economist candidly comments on his trip to China and the workings of the Chinese economy.

Describes the author's year-long travels by train throughout China, from rural villages to the cities of Beijing and Shanghai.

A memoir in which the author describes a trip to China in which she and her college friend set out to conquer the world only to encounter a variety of dangerous situations in Shanghai.

The author shares how she searched through Beijing for the classmate she betrayed during the Cultural Revolution three decades before, hoping to make amends.

Stanley Steward recounts the experiences he had while traveling across China, visiting the cities and towns along the path of the Great Wall of China.