The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time SCI070020 where spirits still protect the

where spirits still protect the mysterious canyons where they once dwelled

only to retake the valley as soon as Moscow's attention was elsewhere

but it is an unconventional handy reference for the believers

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ISBN13: 9780800739065

The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time SCI070020 where spirits still protect theA stunning tour of China, its people, and its history. Chosen as one of the best travel books of 1996 by the New York Times Book Review. Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant, Shanghai, it has also historically connected China to