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The Shanghai free taxi : journeys with the hustlers and rebels of the new China / Frank Langfitt.
Van Pelt Library HN740.S484 L36 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langfitt, Frank, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shanghai (China)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Shanghai (China).
- Shanghai (China)--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Shanghai (China)--Civilization--21st century.
- China--Shanghai.
- Langfitt, Frank.
- Civilization.
- Economic history.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 300 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2019]
- Summary:
- " NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt describes how he created a free taxi service--offering rides in exchange for illuminating conversation--to go beyond the headlines and get to know a wide range of colorful, compelling characters representative of the new China. They include folks like "Beer," a slippery salesman who tries to sell Langfitt a used car; Rocky, a farm boy turned Shanghai lawyer; and Chen, who runs an underground Christian church and moves his family to America in search of a better, freer life."--Jacket
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Beginnings p. 1 / Chen
- Chapter 2 Chinese New Year Road Trip p. 11 / Rocky and Charles
- Chapter 3 Two Country Weddings p. 27 / Charles and Rocky and Guo and Ray
- Chapter 4 "Morality Is Relative" p. 45 / Beer and Amanda and Fifi
- Chapter 5 "A Virtuous Circle Needs to Have a Beginning" p. 71 / Johanna and Max and Fifi
- Chapter 6 A Woman Missing in the Mountains p. 101 / Crystal and Winnie
- Chapter 7 Disillusioned with the New China p. 117 / Chen and Sarah and Charles and Ashley
- Chapter 8 The Dark Side of the Chinese Dream p. 143 / Crystal and Winnie
- Chapter 9 Making China Great Again p. 157 / Ray and Charles and Fifi
- Chapter 10 President Donald J. Trump p. 175 / Ashley and Ray and Chen and Gong
- Chapter 11 Losing Hearts and Minds p. 187 / Charles and Ashley
- Chapter 12 Rethinking the West p. 205 / Charles and Ashley
- Chapter 13 Ashley's Dilemma p. 223 / Ashley
- Chapter 14 President for Life? p. 237 / Fifi and Ray and Sarah and Max and Ashley.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781610398145
- 1610398149
- OCLC:
- 1056779558
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