Now that I've lived here for over ten years, I am often asked by teachers planning to come here what books I would recommend they read in preparation for life in China.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Search for the Modern China by Jonathan Spence
Treason by the Book by Jonathan Spence
River Town and Oracle Bones by Peter Hessler
China Wakes by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The last book on my list is perhaps not very relevant for people wanting to know what's happening now in China (for that matter, every book written on China these days becomes dated in no time!) but is useful for understanding a common view of China from the West about 20 years ago. A lot has happened since then!
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