Chinese Whispers - A Journey into Betrayal

Informationen zum Autor Jan Wong is a third-generation Canadian, born and raised in Montreal. She was the acclaimed Toronto Globe and Mail' s Beijing correspondent for the from 1988 to 1994. A graduate of McGill University, Beijing University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, her first book, Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now , was named one of Time magazine's top ten books of 1996. She lives in Toronto. Klappentext Jan Wong is a third-generation Canadian, born and raised in Montreal. She was the acclaimed Toronto Globe and Mail' s Beijing correspondent for the from 1988 to 1994. A graduate of McGill University, Beijing University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, her first book, Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now , was named one of Time magazine's top ten books of 1996. She lives in Toronto. Vorwort During the Cultural Revolution Jan Wong studied in Beijing and reported a fellow student to the authorities. Over thirty years later, she returned to China to find out what happened to the woman she betrayed. Chinese Whispers tells her remarkable story. 'Wong points the way for the future of travel writing.' Book of the Week, The Times Zusammenfassung During the Cultural Revolution Jan Wong studied in Beijing and reported a fellow student to the authorities. Over thirty years later, she returned to China to find out what happened to the woman she betrayed. Chinese Whispers tells her remarkable story. 'Wong points the way for the future of travel writing.' Book of the Week, The Times

Product details

• Authors: Jan Wong, Jan (Author) Wong
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.01.2010
• EAN: 9781843549758
• ISBN: 978-1-84354-975-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; China, History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Asia, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, Memoirs, Travel / Asia / China, HISTORY / Asia / China, TRAVEL / Asia / General, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Geographical discovery and exploration, Travel and holiday