Finding My Way: an American Maverick in China |
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| Author:
| Raddock, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4910-6579-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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"In the People's Republic of China, we don't like individualists," Mr. Chen, the unit head, tells the author as Raddock describes his needs. The author learns the hard way that China's pervasive authoritarian and police controls can be treacherous stumbling blocks to free movement and accomplishment.This is a different sort of memoir. It is a very personal story about myself as a man who spent years studying China and the Chinese language and then found this career path had allowed him...
More Description"In the People's Republic of China, we don't like individualists," Mr. Chen, the unit head, tells the author as Raddock describes his needs. The author learns the hard way that China's pervasive authoritarian and police controls can be treacherous stumbling blocks to free movement and accomplishment.This is a different sort of memoir. It is a very personal story about myself as a man who spent years studying China and the Chinese language and then found this career path had allowed him to interact with China and the Chinese people from the perspective of different roles.Learning about the ways in which my own personality intervened in the process was at times amusing and at times very painful. Writing this book was a truly private enterprise. It is now meant to illumine what it is like in the deeper but even routine sense of getting along in mainland Chinese society.