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'... Lazy Man in China is John Martin's witty, perceptive, self-deprecating take on China, drawn from letters to family and friends, and edited and updated by his wife, former Beijing correspondent Helene Chung.
John Martin, the self-dubbed lazy man, accompanied Chung and worked as "the token Australian and the token man" in the Australian embassy aid section. His images are shot through with colour, ironic humour and insight as Old Communism gives way to New Capitalism. He didn't live to see the China that Chung experienced in 2002, the cosmopolitan China of BMWs, new rich, new poor and a Tiananmen Square emptied on the thirteenth anniversary of the massacre by a World Cup soccer game viewed on giant screens.' Source: http://www.helenechung.com/ (Sighted 22/09/10)
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , April vol. 1 no. 2 2006;
— Review of Lazy Man in China 2004 single work correspondence -
The Shortlist
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , May vol. 15 no. 4 2005; (p. 47)
— Review of Lazy Man in China 2004 single work correspondence -
Miscellany
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Lazy Man in China 2004 single work correspondence -
In Short : Non-Ficiton
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 October 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of A Lion in the Bedroom 2004 single work autobiography ; Hello Missus : A Girl's Own Guide to Foreign Affairs 2004 single work autobiography ; Lazy Man in China 2004 single work correspondence ; Up We Grew : Stories of Australian Childhoods 2004 selected work autobiography
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In Short : Non-Ficiton
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 October 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of A Lion in the Bedroom 2004 single work autobiography ; Hello Missus : A Girl's Own Guide to Foreign Affairs 2004 single work autobiography ; Lazy Man in China 2004 single work correspondence ; Up We Grew : Stories of Australian Childhoods 2004 selected work autobiography -
Miscellany
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Lazy Man in China 2004 single work correspondence -
The Shortlist
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , May vol. 15 no. 4 2005; (p. 47)
— Review of Lazy Man in China 2004 single work correspondence -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , April vol. 1 no. 2 2006;
— Review of Lazy Man in China 2004 single work correspondence
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cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1900-1999