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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813647703321

Autore

Martin Helene Chung <1945->

Titolo

Lazy man in China / / Helene Chung Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : Pandanus, : Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, c2004

ISBN

1-74076-147-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MartinJohn Winton <1934-1993.>

Disciplina

070.92

951.05092

Soggetti

China Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book is based on letters written from China to family, friends and colleagues by my late partner, John Martin"--P. xiii.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Contents; Author's Note; Chinese Names; Token Australian and Token Man; Shanghai Adventurer; More Ill formed Impressions; Having a Hate Hitachi Day; Not Rushed with Commissions; Waiting for the Beautiful Ballerina; Catching Up with the Work Load; Not So White Christmas; Bastardy in the People's Republic; Lazy Man Down Under; All This is New but; The Pooch is Not for Poaching; New Tang Capital; Endnotes; Correspondents; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Lazy Man in China is a witty, perceptive, self-deprecating take on China, drawn from letters written by John Martin to family, friends and colleagues, edited and updated by his partner, former Beijing correspondent Helene Chung.