Hardcover, 402 pages
English language
Published Jan. 17, 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Hardcover, 402 pages
English language
Published Jan. 17, 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Records the author's experiences as a Peace Corps English teacher in the small Chinese city of Fuling, during which time he witnessed such events as the death of Deng Xiaoping, the return of Hong Kong to the mainland, and the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.