Title: Don't go the China W/O this book
Product review: I made the mistake of stepping into Beijing without first reading this wonderful book. BIG MISTAKE. Because I wasn't in the know, I had no idea that the big portrait of Mao standing above the forbidden city should be looked upon with disdain. And to think that I had a picture taken in front of the thing like thousands of other Chinese (oh the humanity).Wild Swans is filled with insights about China - things you don't learn by just merely going there. For instance, where is all that wonderful Chinese history? Why its been smashed and burned. And who exactly was free from tyrannical reign? The leaders? Yea, right.If you like paranoia, un-righteous dominion, and especially a book you will not only not be able to put down, you wont be able to go without telling everyone you know to read it - then Wild Swans is your book.
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