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Adrift in China<br />

by Simon Myers<br />

£7.99 • paperback • 1 84024 217 5 • 129 x 198 mm/320 pp • April 2002<br />

‘In such an extraordinary country it is easy to get lost.’<br />

Time is needed to unravel <strong>the</strong> mysteries <strong>of</strong> China, a country<br />

holding a quarter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world’s population and with a<br />

recorded history going back more than 3,000 years. Simon<br />

Myers spent over six years in <strong>the</strong> Middle Kingdom: firstly<br />

as a student, <strong>the</strong>n as a businessman selling <strong>the</strong> ultimate<br />

capitalist icon, Coca-Cola, to <strong>the</strong> Communists, and finally<br />

as an independent traveller on <strong>the</strong> road on a Chinese<br />

motorbike and sidecar. Adrift in China is an informed,<br />

amusing and personal account that sidesteps <strong>the</strong> clichés<br />

and provides a different take on life at <strong>the</strong> heart <strong>of</strong> a<br />

fascinating and frustrating country.

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