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Also taking part was the acclaimed journalist Howard French, who had been Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times for several years and had come back there for the summer to teach a short course for a different study abroad program, and Lijia Zhang, the Beijing-based author of "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Evan Osnos, Stephen Colbert and My Shanghai Summer Job of a Lifetime Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

The internationally best-selling writer Lijia Zhang remembers hunting cicadas with her brother because they were so famished.

Melissa Biggs Bradley: Cupcakes and Concubines in Beijing Melissa Biggs Bradley 2011

Also taking part was the acclaimed journalist Howard French, who had been Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times for several years and had come back there for the summer to teach a short course for a different study abroad program, and Lijia Zhang, the Beijing-based author of "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Evan Osnos, Stephen Colbert and My Shanghai Summer Job of a Lifetime Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Also taking part was the acclaimed journalist Howard French, who had been Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times for several years and had come back there for the summer to teach a short course for a different study abroad program, and Lijia Zhang, the Beijing-based author of "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Evan Osnos, Stephen Colbert and My Shanghai Summer Job of a Lifetime Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Also taking part was the acclaimed journalist Howard French, who had been Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times for several years and had come back there for the summer to teach a short course for a different study abroad program, and Lijia Zhang, the Beijing-based author of "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Evan Osnos, Stephen Colbert and My Shanghai Summer Job of a Lifetime Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Also taking part was the acclaimed journalist Howard French, who had been Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times for several years and had come back there for the summer to teach a short course for a different study abroad program, and Lijia Zhang, the Beijing-based author of "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Evan Osnos, Stephen Colbert and My Shanghai Summer Job of a Lifetime Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Limiting myself to books focusing on the last couple of centuries helped a bit, but I still ended up having to leave out four favorite books: Robert Bickers' Empire Made Me, Henrietta Harrison's The Man Awakened from Dreams , Sang Ye's China Candid, and Lijia Zhang's "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Writing Chinese History Through Biography: A Quick Q & A With Joseph Esherick Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Limiting myself to books focusing on the last couple of centuries helped a bit, but I still ended up having to leave out four favorite books: Robert Bickers' Empire Made Me, Henrietta Harrison's The Man Awakened from Dreams , Sang Ye's China Candid, and Lijia Zhang's "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Writing Chinese History Through Biography: A Quick Q & A With Joseph Esherick Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Also taking part was the acclaimed journalist Howard French, who had been Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times for several years and had come back there for the summer to teach a short course for a different study abroad program, and Lijia Zhang, the Beijing-based author of "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Evan Osnos, Stephen Colbert and My Shanghai Summer Job of a Lifetime Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011

Also taking part was the acclaimed journalist Howard French, who had been Shanghai bureau chief for the New York Times for several years and had come back there for the summer to teach a short course for a different study abroad program, and Lijia Zhang, the Beijing-based author of "Socialism is Great!"

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Evan Osnos, Stephen Colbert and My Shanghai Summer Job of a Lifetime Jeffrey Wasserstrom 2011