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The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China

by David Eimer

Bloomsbury USA. 2014. 336p. ISBN 978162040363. $28. SOC SCI

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China is the world's most populated country and has vast unexplored regions. Eimer probes the outer reaches of the country, places where the government does not grant access and about which the Chinese have a saying, "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away." A fascinating look at an important country. (LJ 5/1/14)

Reviewed by Charlene Rue, Miriam Tuliao , Nov 01, 2014

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