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Artificial Rats and Electric Cats: Communications From Transitional China, 1985-1986
Artificial Rats and Electric Cats Communications From Transitional China 19851986 Author:Robert Masterson World-travelled writer Robert Masterson brings us this collection of eighteen prose and verse pieces based on his experiences in transitional China during the mid-eighties. An unflinching look at China's citizens and practices during the uncertain march to market reform, Masterson conveys what he witnessed with the same lucid honesty which got h... more »im threatened with violence when uncovering local corruption in New York politics and winning awards for his reportage from Chernobyl and the surrounding Ukraine. These accounts range from his alter ego witnessing the lead-up to an execution, to teaching Chinese students English, to turning the tables on a gang-run swindle. Masterson's stay in China ended only after being beaten by a xenophobic mob, covered by the Associated Press, and reproduced here.« less