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    <body><![CDATA[I read this many years ago and thought, at the time, that anyone interested in China should read it. Fascinating stories and analysis of China and its people and policies. I don't remember all of it, but reading &quot;Half the Sky&quot; called up many echos of this earlier book by the same pair of a...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A powerful insite into the politics and traditions of China. I wish I had read it before touring China.Of course many things have changed and the people have a bit more freedom and material goods. But they still can't vote for their leaders and are constantly &quot;watched&quot; by the State. Saving...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57637993">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book changed my view of China.  When I moved here, I met so many wonderful people and I felt it was almost idyllic.  Then I read the book and saw so much of what was behind the scenes.  I think President Hinckley would call these authors &quot;pickle suckers.&quot;  However, it did open my eyes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21556170">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably outdated now, this book was an interesting snapshot of a developing China, it's amazing to think about how far the country has progressed in the 10 or so years since it was published.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great writing, interesting stories... wish I'd been able to make it all the way through it but had to give the copy I was reading back to its owner before her trip home. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are interested in Chinese history, I highly recommend this book. It is written by a husband/wife team of NY Times foreign correspondents sent to Beijing shortly before the Tienanmen Square massacre. <br/><br/>It includes intriguing stories of the journalists being followed, bugged, threaten...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37382847">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't sure what to expect from Kristof in this journalistic look at China, and was pleasantly surprised to see him as decent journalist instead of op-ed writer. The book - chapters alternatively written by Kristof and his wife Sheryl Wudunn, a notable journalist in her own right) is outdated (199...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11251198">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The authors admit they are biased in their views of China. However, I found this to be an informative view of China from the perspective of foreign correspondents before, during and after a pivotal political moment. As a Western reader it was helpful for the authors to be Western. They ask, and are ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19190380">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A strong, well-written journalistic piece of China-watching from the late 1980s and early 1990s.  It appears that China has continued on the trend of &quot;gradual evolution,&quot; with a rising middle-class, increased competition in business and a more liberal society.  I enjoyed the book, it is ve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30291121">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to meet Nicholas Kristof at an event and I think that interaction influenced my rating, in a positive way. I also give him two huge thumbs up for all of his writing about Sudan, especially when no one else was thinking about the genocide that is happening, he was crossing the b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/255517">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know why people keep reading this book.  It's out of date, not very interesting, and misses most of the big picture.  All of which is amazing, since Kristof wrote some of his best stuff in China before he became a predictable and annoying NYT columnist.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i started to reread this book after i moved to china, and i was suprised by how quickly much of it is already outdated. i wish they would write another book called is china awake yet or something ya know?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Being obsessed with China, and the development of the country since it opened up, this is great insight to where the country has come in the last 20 years, and where it still needs to go.  ]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 29 01:42:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Have you been bored and/or patronized by Kristof's self-satisfaction and preaching in the New York Times?  Take that vague feeling of being insulted home with you in book form!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book to understand the changes China is going through politically and socially, with great anecdotes from the past and (contemporary) present but a bit dry. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this at some point in college. I knew nothing about China and it was a really great introduction to the history and culture of a nation.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit dated, but a very interesting and easy read for a little Chinese history and background going into the Olympics.]]></body>
    
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