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Lazy man in China / Helene Chung Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Helene Chung, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Description and travel.
- China.
- Martin, John Winton, 1934-1993--Travel--China.
- Martin, John Winton.
- Martin, Helene Chung, 1945---Travel--China.
- Martin, Helene Chung.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra : Pandanus : Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Lazy Man in China is a witty, perceptive, self-deprecating take on China, drawn from letters written by John Martin to family, friends and colleagues, edited and updated by his partner, former Beijing correspondent Helene Chung.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Contents; Author's Note; Chinese Names; Token Australian and Token Man; Shanghai Adventurer; More Ill formed Impressions; Having a Hate Hitachi Day; Not Rushed with Commissions; Waiting for the Beautiful Ballerina; Catching Up with the Work Load; Not So White Christmas; Bastardy in the People's Republic; Lazy Man Down Under; All This is New but; The Pooch is Not for Poaching; New Tang Capital; Endnotes; Correspondents; Index;
- Notes:
- "This book is based on letters written from China to family, friends and colleagues by my late partner, John Martin"--P. xiii.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-74076-147-2
- OCLC:
- 475934958
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