The story of a young man's outrageous adventures in China and his search for identity in the most unexpected of places. Mitch Moxley came to Beijing in the spring of 2007 to take a job as a writer and editor for _China Daily_ , the country's only English-language national newspaper. The Chinese eco
Apologies to my censor: the high and low adventures of a foreigner in china
β Scribed by Mitch Moxley
- Book ID
- 100195567
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Harper Perennial
- Year
- 2013;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0062124447
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β¦ Synopsis
The story of a young man's outrageous adventures in China and his search for identity in the most unexpected of places.
Mitch Moxley came to Beijing in the spring of 2007 to take a job as a writer and editor for China Daily , the country's only English-language national newspaper. The Chinese economy was booming, the Olympics were on the horizon, and Beijing was being transformed into a world-class city overnight. Moxley planned to stay only through the Olympics and then head back to Canada.
But that was six years ago. In that time, Moxley fed a goat to a lion, watched a lingerie-wearing bear ride a bicycle, and crisscrossed the country writing stories. He also appeared as one of Cosmopolitan 's one hundred most eligible bachelors in China, acted in a state-funded Chinese movie, and was paid to pose as a fake businessman.
During Moxley's journey of self-exploration, his comic adventures and misadventures in China gave way to the creation of his...
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