The Shanghai free taxi : journeys with the hustlers and rebels of the new China
Langfitt, Frank2020
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As any traveller knows, the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So when journalist Frank Langfitt wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab - and discovered a country amid seismic political and economic change. The Chinese economic boom, with its impact on the environment, global trade, and the tech industry, has been one of the most important stories of the 21st century. Yet few realise that the boom is largely over, and that the new reality in China is unequal growth, political anxiety and a newly empowered strongman president. In order to understand this new world, Frank Langfitt offered the citizens of Shanghai a simple deal: a conversation in exchange for a free taxi ride. Rides turned into follow-up interviews, shared meals and even a wedding invitation.
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Author:
Langfitt, Frank, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2020]
Collation:
xiii, 300 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781474612333 (pbk)
Dewey class:
951.0612
Language:
English
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BRN:
2955726
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