The Emperor Far Away (Paperback)
Eimer, David (Author)
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Far from the glittering cities of Beijing and Shaghai, China's borderlands are populated by around 100,000,000 people who are not Han Chinese. For many of these restive minorities, the old Chinese adage 'the mountains are high and the Emperor far away', meaning Beijing's grip on power is tenuous and its influence unwelcome, continues to resonate. Travelling through China's most distant and unknown reaches, David Eimer explores the increasingly tense relationship between the Han Chinese and the ethnic minorities. Deconstructing the myths represented by Beijing, Eimer reveals a shocking and fasc...
ISBN (SKU)
9781408864289
Pages
322
Weight
280g
Dimensions
196x130x22
Imprint
Bloomsbury
Published
12, August, 2015
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