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This is the second book featuring Liu Hulan, an agent with China's Ministry of Public Security, and David Stark, an American attorney. This time Hulan is contacted by an old friend in the interior of China who believes her daughter, Miaoshan, was murdered. Hulan connects Miashoan's death to a nearby toy factory. Meanwhile David returns to China so he can be with Hulan and he ends up representing the company that wants to buy the toy factory. I'm apparently reading this series backwards since I r
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There's interesting and relevant information about China's rapid economic rise here, but the overwhelmingly large cast and expansive subplots make for too much for See to tie up in a reasonable time without big swathes of characters explaining things to each other. Definitely one that could be improved by some stripping-down in the editing process.
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Terrific storytelling. I particularly like the depth of perspectives she brings into the storyline and characters.
Dec 31, 2009
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