"ɪn mˈændɚɹˌɪn," hiː kˈɑːmɛnts,"ɹˈɑːbɚt ˈɛlɪɡənt mˈænɪdʒᵻz tə kˈɑːnsəntɹˌeɪt, ɪn ɐ fjˈuː tˈɛlɪŋ ænd ɛŋɡˈeɪdʒɪŋ kˈæɹɪktɚz, ðə hjˈuːmən dɹˈɑːmə ʌv tʃˈaɪnə dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə lˈæst fˈɪfti jˈɪɹz ʌvðə pˈæst sˈɛntʃɚɹi."
"In Mandarin," he comments,"Robert Elegant manages to concentrate, in a few telling and engaging characters, the human drama of China during the last fifty years of the past century."