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'In a country of communist slogans and transvestite nightclubs, where teen advice columns are screened by government censors and employees live together in "Big Brother" style apartment buildings, Kirsty Needham discovers there's more to being a 'foreign expert' on a Chinese newspaper than she ever could have imagined.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work
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Travellers' Tales
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 7 January 2007; (p. 9)
— Review of Women of the Gobi : Journeys on the Silk Road 2006 single work autobiography ; A Season in Red : My Great Leap Forward in the New China 2006 single work autobiography ; Chewing Gum in Holy Water : Mario Valentini's Childhood in the Abruzzo Mountains 2006 single work biography -
Non-Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 September 2006; (p. 24)
— Review of Darby : One Hundred Years of Life in a Changing Culture 2006 single work life story ; A Season in Red : My Great Leap Forward in the New China 2006 single work autobiography ; 700 Days in El Salvador : An Australian Woman's Unexpected Journey from Suburbia to a Guerrilla War 2006 single work autobiography
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Non-Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 September 2006; (p. 24)
— Review of Darby : One Hundred Years of Life in a Changing Culture 2006 single work life story ; A Season in Red : My Great Leap Forward in the New China 2006 single work autobiography ; 700 Days in El Salvador : An Australian Woman's Unexpected Journey from Suburbia to a Guerrilla War 2006 single work autobiography -
Travellers' Tales
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 7 January 2007; (p. 9)
— Review of Women of the Gobi : Journeys on the Silk Road 2006 single work autobiography ; A Season in Red : My Great Leap Forward in the New China 2006 single work autobiography ; Chewing Gum in Holy Water : Mario Valentini's Childhood in the Abruzzo Mountains 2006 single work biography
Awards
- 2007 longlisted Walkley Award — Best Non-Fiction Book
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