The Emperor Far Away

Far from the glittering cities of Beijing and Shanghai, China's borderlands are populated by around one hundred million people who are not Han Chinese. For many of these restive minorities, the old Chinese adage 'the mountains are high and the Emperor far away', meaning Beijing's grip on power is tenuous and its influence unwelcome, continues to resonate. Travelling through China's most distant and unknown reaches, David Eimer explores the increasingly tense relationship between the Han Chinese and the ethnic minorities. Deconstructing the myths represented by Beijing, Eimer reveals a shocking and fascinating picture of a China that is more of an empire than a country.

Info autore

David Eimer is the author of the critically acclaimed The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China. A former China correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph, Eimer was the Southeast Asia correspondent for the Daily Telegraph between 2012 and 2014. He is currently based in Bangkok.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Eimer, Eimer David
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.08.2015
• EAN: 9781408864289
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-6428-9
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio > Asia; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Travel writing, TRAVEL / Asia / East / China, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs