The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China
Autor Frank Langfitten Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 iun 2019
The Chinese economic boom, with its impact on the environment, global trade, and the tech industry, has been one of the most important stories of the 21st century. Yet few Americans realize that the boom is largely over, and that the new reality in China -- unequal growth, political anxiety, and a newly empowered strongman president -- looks eerily like their own.
In
order
to
understand
this
new
world,
Frank
Langfitt
offered
folks
in
Shanghai
a
simple
deal:
a
conversation
in
exchange
for
a
free
taxi
ride.
Rides
turned
into
follow-up
interviews,
shared
meals,
and
even
a
wedding
invitation.
In
this
adventurous
book,
we
get
to
know
an
array
of
quirky
yet
representative
characters
like
Beer
Horse,
the
pushy
dealer
who
sells
Langfitt
his
used
car;
Rocky,
a
stylishly
dressed
migrant
worker
who
loves
John
Denver
music;
and
Xiao
Chen,
who
moved
his
family
to
Hawaii
to
escape
China's
oppressive
education
system
but
was
unable
to
get
out
of
the
country
himself.
Unfolding
over
the
course
of
several
years,The
Shanghai
Free
Taxiis
a
sensitive
and
eye-opening
book
about
a
rapidly
changing
country.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781610398145
ISBN-10: 1610398149
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 164 x 243 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1610398149
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 164 x 243 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
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Notă biografică
Frank
Langfittis
NPR's
London
correspondent,
covering
Brexit,
terrorism
and
other
stories
in
Western
Europe.
Before
coming
to
the
United
Kingdom,
he
spent
a
decade
as
a
reporter
in
China,
most
recently
as
NPR's
correspondent
in
Shanghai,
where
he
drove
a
free
taxi
around
the
city
for
a
series
on
a
changing
China
as
seen
through
the
eyes
of
ordinary
people.
Langfitt
got
the
idea
for
the
series
from
his
experience
decades
earlier
driving
taxis
in
Philadelphia
during
summers
home
from
college.
The
NPR
radio
series
inspired
his
first
book,
"The
Shanghai
Free
Taxi:
Journeys
with
the
Hustlers
and
Rebels
of
the
New
China."
In
2008,
Langfitt
covered
the
Beijing
Olympics
as
a
member
of
NPR's
team,
which
won
an
Edward
R.
Murrow
Award
for
sports
reporting.
From
1997
to
2002,
he
was
the
Baltimore
Sun's
Beijing
correspondent,
covering
a
swath
of
Asia
from
the
Khyber
Pass
to
East
Timor.
Langfitt
is
a
graduate
of
Princeton
and
was
a
Nieman
Fellow
at
Harvard.
He
lives
outside
London
with
his
wife,
Julie,
a
veterinarian,
and
their
two
children.
Follow
him
on
Twitter
@franklangfitt
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Real lives in modern Shanghai - a portrait of a dynamic city struggling against a repressive regime
Real lives in modern Shanghai - a portrait of a dynamic city struggling against a repressive regime