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China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power
Contributor(s): Gifford, Rob (Author), Vance, Simon (Read by)

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 ISBN: 0786157909     ISBN-13: 9780786157907
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
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Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2007
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Annotation: NPRs Beijing correspondent Rob Gifford recounts his travels along Route 312, the Chinese Mother road, the longest route in the worlds most populous nation. Based on his successful NPR radio series, China Road will draw on Giffords twenty years of observing first-hand this rapidly transforming country, as he travels east to west, from Shanghai to Chinas border with Kazakhstan.
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BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Travel | Asia - China
- Political Science | Political Economy
Dewey: 951.06
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.46" W x 6.4" L (0.59 lbs) 9 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Chinese
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Unabridged
 
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Publisher Description:
National Public Radio's Beijing correspondent Rob Gifford recounts his travels along Route 312, the Chinese Mother Road, the longest route in the world's most populous nation. Based on his successful NPR radio series, China Road draws on Gifford's twenty years of observing firsthand this rapidly transforming country, as he travels east to west, from Shanghai to China's border with Kazakhstan. As he takes the reader on this journey, he will also take us through China's past and present while he tries to make sense of this complex nation's potential future.

Contributor Bio(s): Gifford, Rob: -

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.

Vance, Simon: -

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over forty Earphones Awards. He has won thirteen prestigious Audie Awards and was Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London.
 
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