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Foreign Babes in Beijing. Behind the Scenes of a New China.

Foreign Babes in Beijing. Behind the Scenes of a New China. Hardcover - 2005

by DEWOSKIN, RACHEL

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UK.: Norton.. 2005.. 332pp, notes, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. Hoping to improve her Chinese and broaden her cultural horizons, the author went to work in China, eventually becoming the star of a wildly successful soap opera. Living the culture clashes in real life while playing out a parallel version onscreen, she witnesses the country's vast changes. A sort of Chinese counterpart to "Sex in the City" revolving around Chinese-Western culture clashes, the show was called "Foreign Babes in Beijing." Living the clashes in real life while playing out a parallel version onscreen, Rachel forms a group of friends with whom she witnesses the vast changes sweeping through China as the country pursues the new maxim that "to get rich is glorious." In only a few years, billboards, stylish bars and discos, international restaurants, fashion shows, divorce, foreign visitors, and cross-cultural love affairs transform the face of China's capital. Foreign Babes in Beijing is as astute and informative as it is witty, moving, and entertaining. .
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  • Title Foreign Babes in Beijing. Behind the Scenes of a New China.
  • Author DEWOSKIN, RACHEL
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 332
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Norton., UK.
  • Date 2005.
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 173913
  • ISBN 9780393059021 / 0393059022
  • Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.38 x 5.82 x 1.13 in (21.29 x 14.78 x 2.87 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects China - Social life and customs - 1976-, DeWoskin, Rachel - Travel - China
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005000939
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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