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The River at the Center of the World : A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
The River at the Center of the World A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time
Author: Simon Winchester
Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant, Shanghai, it has also historically connected China to the outside world through its nearly one thousand...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312423377
ISBN-10: 0312423373
Publication Date: 4/1/2004
Pages: 432
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Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Author goes from Shanghai to Tibet, with a lot of emphasis on the at-the-time not completed 3 Gorges Dam and the displacements that will cause.

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