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| Portrait of the Rising Dragon | 
 enlarge | Author: Basil Pao
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Category: Book
List Price: $51.22
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1959564
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.6
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.9 x 1.6
ISBN: 0297844180
EAN: 9780297844181
ASIN: 0297844180
Publication Date: May 24, 2007
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Product Description
China, a country of 1.3 billion people in the grip of an industrial revolution absorbing a large part of the world's resources, was until relatively recently a closed book to most in the West. With the advent of the Olympic Games in Beijing more and more people will visit this vast country and with that in mind the Hong-Kong based, internationally celebrated photographer and writer Basil Pao determined to travel through every province of China, recording history and landscape, people and places, to give a comprehensive snapshot of China today. By turns lyrical and exquisite, stark and brutal, his informative text and powerful photographs show a country in transition. A country whose four thousand years of cultural history are being rediscovered, and where new urban wealth and rural poverty coexist uneasily as a new regime tackles a legacy of corruption, of anarchy under Mao's cultural revolution and repression in its aftermath. CHINA REVEALED is a profoundly important and visually stunning record of one of the most powerful nations on earth.
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Fantastic photos. A feast for the eyes! August 15, 2008
Just got the book "China Revealed", by Basil Pao. Wow. This is a mind blowing book. Jam packed with tons of photos taken all over China -- some extremely good, all of them interesting. Basil divided the book up into the cities / regions he visited, showing us his favourite pics from each -- a couple dozen in total, resulting in over 300 pages worth of photos and several dozen quick fact entries about each city and short blurbs introducing interesting photos or important projects like the Three Gorges Dam.
It doesn't try to be educational like a textbook or guide on China as some books do, cluttering up the pages with endless text and commentary when you really only bought the book for the pictures. But it does give you just enough commentary text to provide quick facts about the city or landmark photographed over the next few pages and/or food for thought as you enjoy the thousand or so pictures.
This book is so jam packed with eye candy that it's worth far more than the price it's selling for. I honestly don't know if I can get to sleep right away tonight as I'm still excited from all the visual stimuli.
Amazing Pics and Descriptive Stories February 8, 2008
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This book is well researched and read. I relocated to China 7 years ago and have been looking for a book published in English which I can relate to. This book really shares the 'true' Chinese culture and images to the readers. Its very clear the writer is deeply knowledgeable on and intertwined with the country. Well worth the price!
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