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Thomas Bird

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Earnshaw Books Ltd
30 October 2023

History of engineering & technology; Trains & railways: general interest; Travel & holiday guides

Thomas Bird found himself in southern China free from any serious commitments. His rock band had just split up, he'd left his job as the editor of a lifestyle magazine and his girlfriend disappeared from his life. Seeking the tonic of travel, Bird hit the railroad with a plan... to explore The People's Republic of China by train. The country was in the midst of a railway building boom the likes of which the world has never seen, and Bird was poised to make China Railways his muse. One year morphed into several as Bird whizzed from high-tech Shenzhen to colonial Xiamen at high-speed; ""flew"" into Shanghai aboard a Maglev; chugged through rural Sichuan Province aboard an old steam locomotive and traversed the ""third pole"" en route to Lhasa. Putting the people he meets front and center, Bird delivers a portrait of an era, as he grapples to comprehend an inscrutable land undergoing breakneck change.

By: Thomas Bird
Imprint: Earnshaw Books Ltd
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9789888843268
ISBN 10: 9888843265
Pages: 342
Publication Date: 30 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Bird fled the rain-soaked British suburbs for East Asia in 2005. Having cut his teeth in journalism as a magazine editor in southern China, over the last decade, Bird has written for a host of top international publications. A regular contributor to the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, he has co-authored more than ten guidebooks including, most recently, The Rough Guide to Thailand. He likes train travel, craft beer and the teachings of Zhuangzi.

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