East Asia

order:
John Pomfret's "Chinese Lessons"
6.4

John Pomfret

Does the saying “loyal advice jars on the ears” still hold true today?

Achill Moser's "The China Adventure"
4.8

Achill Moser

Why did such an interesting adventure turn into such an uneven book?

Liao Yiwu's "The Corpse Walker"
5.2

Liao Yiwu

Is this book still banned in China, and if so, does that make it better?

Christian Y. Schmidt's "Alone Among 1.3 Billion"
2.8
China

Christian Y. Schmidt

Did he have to try this hard to show that he’s a fanboy?

Albert von Le Coq's "Retracing Hella's Marks In East-Turkestan"
5.4

Albert von Le Coq

Was this the most educated of all 19th-century explorers?

Karl Boy-Ed's "Beijing And Its Vicinities In The Year 1900"
4.4

Karl Boy-Ed

Can this book be interesting to anyone except China-enthusiasts?

Otto Braun's "Chinese Notes"
4.4

Otto Braun

What happens when you inject a ton of ideology into an account of an adventure?

Rewi Alley's "Travels in China"
2.2

Rewi Alley

Did this guy just hate China or did he want to show how much can you brown nose a dictator?

Yu Chunshun's "A Hero's Travels Through China"
4.6

Yu Chunshun

Could this adventure story have been edited into a good book?

Oliver Lutz Radtke's "Welcome to Presence"
3.6

Oliver Lutz Radtke

Is China absurd, or does absurdity reside in those who are always looking for it?

Volker Häring's "A Bus Called Wanda"
3.8
China

Volker Häring

Where exactly is the dividing line between the cultural expert and the ignorant visitor?

Graham Earnshaw's "The Great Walk of China"
4.8

Graham Earnshaw

If someone knows China so well, how can they fail to write a decent book about it?

Fritz Mühlenweg's "Strangers on the Path of Pensiveness"
6.2
China

Fritz Mühlenweg

If this is partly fabricated, why is it still so good?

Polly Greeks's "Embracing the Dragon"
4.6

Polly Greeks

Why is this book so much better than the one written by the travel partner?

Régis Evariste Huc's "Travels in Tartary, Tibet and China"
5.2
China

Régis Evariste Huc

What is it that’s weighing down this great adventure story?