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    <body><![CDATA[My favourite passage  of this splendid book:<br/><br/>&quot;In Cantonese cooking, nothing edible is sacred. It reflects an old Chinese mercilessness towards  their surroundings. Every part of every animal- pig stomach, lynx breast, whole bamboo rats and  salamanders - is consumed. No Hindu cows or...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8265283">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A travelogue around China, in mid 80s, I think (annoyingly, it doesn't specify). There are some wonderfully poetic passages, and plenty of more prosaic and disjointed encounters. He does at least speak Mandarin, so was able to talk to &quot;real&quot; people relatively easily and seemed good at pick...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23328487">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A fascinating read, set just as China opened up to the world in the brief period between the end of the cultural revolution and the beginning of the economic boom we're still witnessing today.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not cheerful book.  But then, China in the '80s was not a cheerful book.  If you must, Mr Thubron's travelogue is as good as any - sensitive, intelligent and well-written.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great introduction to cities in China from a traveler's perspective. Funny stories about sympathetic acts for animals that might have been dinner! Lost before finnishing. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just interesting in the way he meets people and talks to them and has a look round China.  It's no great literature but good if you like travel books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Post-communism China. Interesting insights, but nothing very engaging yet.]]></body>
    
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