China's Great Train: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to Remake Tibet - Couverture rigide

Lustgarten, Abrahm

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0805083243 ISBN 13 : 9780805083248

Editeur : Times Books, 2008

Synopsis

In the summer of 2006, the Chinese government fulfilled a fifty-year plan to build a railway into Tibet. Since Mao Zedong first envisioned it, the line had grown into an imperative, a critical component of China's breakneck expansion and the final manoeuvre in strengthening China's grip over this remote and often mystical frontier, which promised rich resources and geographic supremacy over South Asia.Through the lives of the Chinese and Tibetans swept up in the project, "Fortune" magazine writer Abrahm Lustgarten explores the "Wild West" atmosphere of the Chinese economy today. He follows innovative Chinese engineer Zhang Luxin as he makes the train's route over the treacherous mountains and permafrost possible (for now), and the tenacious Tibetan shopkeeper Rinzen, who struggles to hold on to his business in a boomtown that increasingly favours the Han Chinese. As the railway - the highest and steepest in the world - extends to Lhasa, and China's "Go West" campaign delivers waves of rural poor eager to make their fortunes, their lives and communities fundamentally change, sometimes for good, sometimes not.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When the 'sky train' to Tibet opened in 2006, the Chinese government fulfilled a fifty-year plan first envisioned by Mao Zedong. As China grew into an economic power, the railway had become an imperative, a critical component of China's breakneck expansion and the final maneuver in strengthening the country's grip over this last frontier. In "China's Great Train", Abrahm Lustgarten, an investigative reporter with ProPublica, explores the lives of the Chinese and Tibetans swept up in the project. He follows Chinese engineer Zhang Luxin as he makes the train's route over the treacherous mountains and permafrost possible (for now), and struggling Tibetan shopkeeper Renzin, who is caught in a boomtown that favours the Han Chinese. As the railway - the highest and steepest in the world - extends to Lhasa, their lives and communities fundamentally change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Lustgarten offers an absorbing and provocative first hand account of the promise and costs of the Chinese boom.

Revue de presse

"A great yarn... [Lustgarten] also accomplishes something more valuable: He provides insight into the seat-of-the-pants nature of many of China's massive schemes." - The Washington Post Book World" --Washington Post Book World

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Times Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805083243
• ISBN 13: 9780805083248
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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