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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening travel narrative that explores a huge country waking up to its potential
Trade Review'Fascinating ... gives us a privileged view of China's dark corners and its exhilarating vistas' Daily Telegraph 'Gifford gets under the skin of the world's next superpower ... he's the perfect guide' ***** Wanderlust 'Gifford is one of the few Europeans to have made the whole journey as a hitchhiker. On the way, as splendidly recorded in China Road, he takes the temperature of a nation' Giles Foden, Conde Nast Traveller 'An absorbing cultural trip ... Conversations with truckers, hookers, karaoke-bar hostesses and peasants are interspersed with briefings on the status, politics and past of the country' The Times