Beijing Welcomes You
By Tom Scocca
By Tom Scocca
By Tom Scocca
By Tom Scocca
Category: Travel: Asia | Travel Writing
Category: Travel: Asia | Travel Writing
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$24.00
Jul 03, 2012 | ISBN 9781594485800
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Aug 04, 2011 | ISBN 9781101486504
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Praise
“A revealing and well-written report on what we should know and understand about twenty-first-century China.” — Gay Talese
“Blindingly brilliant insights . . . Scocca writes with grace, texture, nuance, wisdom, and wit. Don’t skim this book, savor it.” — Gene Weingarten
“Wry [and] knowing . . . Beijing Welcomes You is a street-level introduction to a city that’s at once the world’s center and its back office, a place where you can feel ‘on the top of the pile and on the bottom, all at once.’” — The Christian Science Monitor
“Lively . . . [Scocca] has a keen eye for the oddities with which Beijing is abundantly endowed.” — The Washington Post
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