China Road

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China Road
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Author Rob Gifford
Subject Travel literature
Publisher Random House
Publication date
January 1, 2007
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Map of National Highway 312

China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power is a book on travel literature by Rob Gifford, first published on January 1, 2007 by Random House. [1]

The book documents Gifford's 2004 trip across China National Highway 312 from Shanghai to the China-Kazakhstan border and his observations of China. Gifford was at the end of his term as a China correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), [2] and his experiences were the basis of several NPR stories. [3]

Vanessa Bush of Booklist stated "Gifford notes an aggressive sense of competition in the man-eat-man atmosphere of a nation that is likely to be the next global superpower." [4] Dinah Gardner of Asia Times stated that "To anyone who has lived some time in China, Gifford's book is nothing revolutionary—the editors appear to have pruned it for a reader with little knowledge of the country." [5]

Reception

Gardner criticized "the intrusion of Gifford's religious views" and Gifford letting "moral outrage color his arguments" but concluded overall that the book "is, in every other way, a very vivid and lively piece of reportage." [5]

References

  1. ↑ "China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford". Goodreads . August 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ "China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford" (Archive). Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Retrieved on July 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "'China Road' Trip Gauges a Nation on the Move" (Archive). National Public Radio. Retrieved on July 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Bush, Vanessa. "China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power." (review). Booklist . Retrieved on July 13, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Gardner, Dinah. "An over-traveled road" (Archive). Asia Times . December 1, 2007. Retrieved on July 13, 2014.
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