03-14-2007, 10:02 PM
I haven't read that one yet, but I've heard it's good. It's all about the Ming Qing when you visit Beijing - that and the Great Wall, of course.
If you have the time, I'd recommend at least one modern China travel book, so as to ease the culture shock.
Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux is great. It captures an older China, back in the days of FEC.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't recommend my good buddy's book American Shaolin by Matt Polly.
http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=550. He writes about modern China through the martial lens, which will be your perspective as soon as you get to Emei.
If you have the time, I'd recommend at least one modern China travel book, so as to ease the culture shock.
Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux is great. It captures an older China, back in the days of FEC.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't recommend my good buddy's book American Shaolin by Matt Polly.
http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=550. He writes about modern China through the martial lens, which will be your perspective as soon as you get to Emei.
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