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Philip Shishkin was an award-winning staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal. A fellow at the Asia Society, he is now a freelance writer based in Beijing.
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- EditoreYale Univ Pr
- Data di pubblicazione2014
- ISBN 10 0300205910
- ISBN 13 9780300205916
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- LinguaInglese
- Numero di pagine316
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