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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)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Pandanus Books , 2004 .
      Extent: xv, 229p.p.
      Description: col. illus., maps, ports.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references and index.
      ISBN: 1740761286 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Susan Ballyn , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , April vol. 1 no. 2 2006;

— Review of Lazy Man in China John Martin , 2004 single work correspondence
The Shortlist Kate Stowell , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , May vol. 15 no. 4 2005; (p. 47)

— Review of Lazy Man in China John Martin , 2004 single work correspondence
Miscellany Tony Maniaty , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2005; (p. 14)

— Review of Lazy Man in China John Martin , 2004 single work correspondence
In Short : Non-Ficiton Bruce Elder , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 October 2004; (p. 13)

— Review of A Lion in the Bedroom Pat Cavendish O'Neill , 2004 single work autobiography ; Hello Missus : A Girl's Own Guide to Foreign Affairs Lynne Minion , 2004 single work autobiography ; Lazy Man in China John Martin , 2004 single work correspondence ; Up We Grew : Stories of Australian Childhoods Pamela Bone , 2004 selected work autobiography
In Short : Non-Ficiton Bruce Elder , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30-31 October 2004; (p. 13)

— Review of A Lion in the Bedroom Pat Cavendish O'Neill , 2004 single work autobiography ; Hello Missus : A Girl's Own Guide to Foreign Affairs Lynne Minion , 2004 single work autobiography ; Lazy Man in China John Martin , 2004 single work correspondence ; Up We Grew : Stories of Australian Childhoods Pamela Bone , 2004 selected work autobiography
Miscellany Tony Maniaty , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 February 2005; (p. 14)

— Review of Lazy Man in China John Martin , 2004 single work correspondence
The Shortlist Kate Stowell , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , May vol. 15 no. 4 2005; (p. 47)

— Review of Lazy Man in China John Martin , 2004 single work correspondence
Untitled Susan Ballyn , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , April vol. 1 no. 2 2006;

— Review of Lazy Man in China John Martin , 2004 single work correspondence
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