Foreign Babes in Beijing. Behind the Scenes of a New China

by Rachel Dewoskin

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UK. Norton. 2005. Stock ID #173913 332pp, notes, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. Hoping to improve her Chinese and broaden her cultural horizons, the author went to work in China, eventually becoming the star of a wildly successful soap opera. Living the culture clashes in real life while playing out a parallel version onscreen, she witnesses the country's vast changes. A sort of Chinese counterpart to Sex in

• Binding: Hardcover

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