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Title: open your eyes
Review: To those 'China experts' who base their criticisms of this book on what they have seen in the tourist areas of Shanghai, Beijing, or Guangzhou, I would recommend that a healthy dose of reality is needed. When I flipped through this book when I was still in the West, I wrote the author off as being a pessimest with a chip of his shoulder, and only glanced through this book. But after wandering through the countryside and N.E of China, it became readily apparent that he was speaking in sooth. The facade of China that is presented to the outside world is scarily like the backgrounds used in the old Westerns- a strong gust of wind, and the whole thing will fall over. Perhaps time will prove the author wrong- I hope that it does. I will be sure to give this book a thorough reading when I get back home.
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