Title: a big disappointment
Review: We are travelling to China and I was really interested to learn more about it. This book was a total waste of time and money. Several pages dealt of nothing but the "squatty potty" still in use in many other countries too; I even found one in an old hotel in France! The landscape, people, food could have been described so much better. I'm sure there were other shades of yellow involved as the "urine yellow" used all the time. In setting up a household, I expected a nice description a la " Under the Tuscan Sun" by Frances Mayes. But what infuriated me most, was the primitive language with a few f... words thrown in. I heard Mrs. Downey is writing an other book; maybe she can clean up her act for that one.If anyone wants to read a good books about China, but more business oriented, I recommend Mr. China or China.INC.Christa M. Jent
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