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Hi everyone,

Introducing my new book, A Tale of Two Chinas, which could be succinctly summarised as "describing the modern People's Republic through my life in two halves". Specifically:

Part One (“Mainstream Urban China”) recounts my time as a language student and teacher in the three northern cities of Tianjin, Xining and Lanzhou. Through my experiences, interactions and reflections, I not only take the reader on my own journey, but also on a grand tour of mainstream Chinese society, covering many of the major political, economic and cultural topics of the Reform period, as well as of Xi Jinping’s New Era.

Part Two (“Minority Rural China”) goes one step deeper, documenting my time conducting ethnographic fieldwork among two marginalised minority communities in the rural northwest. Here again, through narrating my own experiences, I also paint a vivid picture of this second “China”, from thick descriptions of Islamic and Tibetan Buddhist festivals to portraits of village life still guided by the agricultural seasons.

In navigating both of the major fault lines of Chinese society – the city and the countryside, the Han mainstream and the minorities – the two parts combine to provide a fresh and unique perspective on the complexity that is the modern People’s Republic.

If anyone is interested in giving an honest review, free review copies available at StoryOrigin:

https://storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopi...

Thanks so much!

Hugh

Hugh wrote: "Hi everyone,

Introducing my new book, A Tale of Two Chinas, which could be succinctly summarised as "describing the modern People's Republic through my life in two halves". Specifically:

Part One..."

Hi Hugh!

I was interested in an ARC copy of your book, but the link above leads to a blank page. Can you just check it out? Looking forward to my copy of your book.

If you are willing to give me a pdf copy of your book for an honest review on Goodreads, Amazon.in, Fable & StoryGraph then do send the free pdf copy here - pathan.fiza@gmail.com

Happy Book Promotion to you Hugh! Stay in touch. :) :D

Fiza wrote: "Hugh wrote: "Hi everyone,

Introducing my new book, A Tale of Two Chinas, which could be succinctly summarised as "describing the modern People's Republic through my life in two halves". Specifical..."

Hi Fiza,

Thanks for reaching out; sorry about that, I've re-pasted the link and it should work now for PDF or other formats,

Let me know if it works, if not I'll email it to you,

Thanks so much,

Hugh

Hugh wrote: "Fiza wrote: "Hugh wrote: "Hi everyone,

Introducing my new book, A Tale of Two Chinas, which could be succinctly summarised as "describing the modern People's Republic through my life in two halves..."

Please send it to me via my email address given above Hugh. StoryOrigin is asking reviewers for their Amazon review page link & from there they are then able to break our passwords & easily hack our sites. I am a data scientist in the making as well as a data analyst, not to mention a professional website designer & I know what I am talking about. It is not legal for them to ask us for our Amazon Reviewer's link.

Please send the pdf copy to me at the earliest because I have a very hectic reading schedule. Thank you.

My email address - pathan.fiza@gmail.com