"Arriving in China in the early 1900’s and setting up shop as journalist, entrepreneur and political consultant, Carl Crow is THE expat of all China expats."
"Blonde Lotus just might become the bible to female expats in China. Gamst Berg blazes a trail of broken hearts and weed smoke as she gets in one ribald adventure after another from Beijing to HK."
"A popular installment in the Laowai Memoirs genre, DeWoskin cleverly blends a Sex & The City-esque female perspective with Lost In Translation-style musings as an expat gal."
"Any expat living in Beijing or Shanghai the past decade will have witnessed the wholesale destruction of those cities’ most scenic neighborhoods: the hutong."
"A nice little collection of visual and verbal nostalgia for those of us expats who have come to call Beijing home. Poetry, essays and photography contributed by a colorful cast of locals and expats."
"English Teachers in the P.R.C. (and their students) will cherish this riveting account of an American woman’s experiences as a Yingwen Laoshi in post-Cultural Revolution China."
"Downey is an American female arriving in China as an English teacher forced to deal with cultural differences and (her favorite topic) disgusting Chinese toilets."
"A highly-praised account of (yes, yet another) female English teacher in China. Jakobson offers deep, insightful annotations on politics, education and humanity in 1990’s P.R.C."
"China is a food culture, and western expats and tourists delight in the affordable yet abundant cuisines all the while shaking their heads at the use of any and every last ingredient."
"Pearl of China is the best of both worlds: a fictional account of Buck’s life growing up in China, with the twists and turns that only Min could imagine."
"Of the many Kung Fu training schools atop Shaolin, one is hard-pressed to spot a Waiguoren amongst the colorful legions of track-suit wearing students who populate their venerable courtyards."
"Nothing says “westerner” more than the Holiday Inn. This laugh-out-loud true story of a foreign capitalist attempting to manage the famous America hotel chain in, of all places, Lhasa."
"Curious why New China was such a failure at industrialization? So was noted Sinologist Joseph Needham (1900-1995) who came to China to pursue science and civilization."
"For China expats keen on reaping wealth in the world’s fastest growing economy, you will need to know not a little about Chinese culture itself; Guanxi and Putonghua could stand between you fortune."
"There is no end to advice books for westerners doing business in China. The issue is, then, which ones are actually helpful, which ones are still valid in ever-fluid P.R.C."
"Mark Kitto is famous amongst Beijing and Shanghai expat scribes like myself for having his successful multi-million dollar "That's" magazine empire stolen from him by the government."
"No China expat's bookshelf is complete without this definitive collection of over 800 photos from the 33 provinces of the P.R.C., the most comprehensive book of photography on China ever published."
