REVIEWS

“Want to learn more about a country which will increasingly impact our lives for years to come? Ride along with Gifford as he travels from Shanghai to Kazakhstan on China's longest road. You'll think it's the writer himself talking so closely does Vance approximate his age, British nationality and dexterity with the Chinese language....At the end of this valuable listening experience, Gifford predicts China's chances of making it as a major power.”—AudioFile

“Informative, delightful, and powerfully moving....Rob Gifford’s acute powers of observation, his sense of humor and adventure, and his determination to explore the wrenching dilemmas of China’s explosive development open readers’ eyes and reward their minds.”—Robert A. Kapp, president, U.S.-China Business Council, 1994-2004

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.