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Far from the glittering cities of Beijing and Shanghai China's borderlands are populated by around one hundred million 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 fascinating picture of a China that is more of an empire than a country.
TITLE: The Emperor Far Away
AUTHOR: David Eimer
SKU: 9781408850978
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED: 14/08/2014
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 336
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 153 mm x 234 mm
WEIGHT: 520 gr