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001 2006051123
003 DLC
005 20071201084102.0
008 061011s2007 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006051123
020 $a9781400064670
020 $a1400064678
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm76829083
035 $a(OCoLC)76829083
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043 $aa-cc---
050 00 $aDS712$b.G53 2007
082 00 $a951.06$222
100 1 $aGifford, Rob.
245 10 $aChina road :$ba journey into the future of a rising power /$cRob Gifford.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2007.
300 $axxi, 322 p., [16] p. of plates :$bcol. ill., map ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-304) and index.
520 $aRoute 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows 3,000 miles, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down. In this surprising book, radio journalist Rob Gifford, a fluent Mandarin speaker, takes Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Gifford reveals the rich mosaic of modern Chinese life in all its contradictions, as he poses the crucial questions that all of us are asking about China: Will it really be the next global superpower? Is it as solid and as powerful as it looks from the outside? And who are the ordinary Chinese people, to whom the 21st century is supposed to belong? --From publisher description.
651 0 $aChina$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aChina$xSocial life and customs.
600 10 $aGifford, Rob$xTravel$zChina.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2006051123-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0729/2006051123-d.html