Destination: China
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River Town: Two years on the Yangtze (2001) by Peter Hessler is full of poignant and telling episodes during the author's posting as an English teacher in the town of Fuling on the Yangzi River. Hessler perfectly captures the experience of being a foreigner in today's China in his observations of the local people.
Revolving around the same waterway, The River at the Centre of the World (1998) by Simon Winchester follows the author on his journey along the river from the mouth of the Yangzi River north of Shanghai to its source high up on the Tibet-Qinghai plateau.
From Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth follows the author's journey from Xinjiang to Tibet and on to Delhi.
First published in hardback in 1936, News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir by Peter Fleming is a classic account of the author's journey from China to India during a chaotic chapter in China's history.
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