Title: Wasted my time.
Product review: I am about half way through this book and I can go no further. Ma Jian travels, he walks, he sleeps, he eats, he writes in his journal, he takes photos. I learn nothing about the people he comes to dealing with. There is no deep analysis or discussion about his feelings. The writing is clipped (probably due to the translation), and parts read like badly written Hemingway. I have read a number of books about modern China and have visited the country several times. From this book I have not increased my knowledge of the country.
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