A Tale of Two Chinas

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ISBN: 9781919322704

A Fifteen-Year Odyssey Through China's Cultural Heartlands

Hugh Battye

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English

Hugh Battye
17 February 2026

Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Islamic studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Geopolitics; Classic travel writing

""Du wan juan shu, xing wan li lu""""Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles"" -Traditional Chinese sayingA Tale of Two Chinas is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of China in the early-mid twenty-first century. Based on Hugh Battye's own compelling fifteen-year China journey, the book takes the reader on a topical odyssey, covering many of the major economic, political and cultural themes of the later Reform years, as well as of President Xi Jinping's current New Era. Through the vividly contrasting, yet complementary, descriptions of the ""two Chinas"" he experienced - the sophisticated society of the Chinese urban mainstream on the one hand, and the vibrant Muslim and Tibetan Buddhist minority cultures of the rural northwest on the other - the author provides a fresh, holistic and accessible account of a country that, despite its superpower status, still remains largely opaque to many in the non-Chinese-speaking world.

By: Hugh Battye
Imprint: Hugh Battye
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781919322704
ISBN 10: 1919322701
Pages: 380
Publication Date: 17 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A graduate from the London School of Economics, Hugh Battye spent fifteen years living in mainland China, where he studied Mandarin and taught English, before embarking on a Chinese master's and then doctorate degree in ethnology at Lanzhou University, Gansu Province. He attained his PhD in the summer of 2020, and continues to write and speak on China's minorities.