China eXpAt-tAcULar! Tales from twenty terrific westerners

A Listmania! list by Xiamen Expat (Xiamen)
 
Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing
1.  Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing by Alan Paul
The list author says:
  "Alan Paul, China's latest "it-pat," stormed the Beijing scene as an expat blogger for the Wall Street Journal, the frontman for an infectiously-enjoyable bar band, and father of three"
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The Foremost Good Fortune
2.  The Foremost Good Fortune by Susan Conley
The list author says:
  "Susan Conley, a saint amongst female expats in China, writes beautifully about her life as an expat wife, raising 2 children in China…and her battle with breast cancer in Beijing"
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
3.  River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
The list author says:
  "Perpetually Publicized Peter," as expat expert Peter Hessler is known in literary circles due to his high name recognition, has authored 3 acclaimed books on his experiences in China"
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Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China
4.  Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China by Rachel DeWoskin
The list author says:
  "Rachel DeWoskin was the star of the popular 90's-era Chinese soap opera "Foreign Babes in Beijing". DeWoskin has fueled the bedtime fantasties of millions of Chinese men"
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China: Portrait of a People
5.  China: Portrait of a People by Tom Carter
The list author says:
  "Photojournalist Tom Carter traveled over 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces in China. His book CHINA: Portrait of a People is a photographic record of his record-breaking odyssey"
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Dreaming in Chinese: And Discovering What Makes a Billion People Tick
6.  Dreaming in Chinese: And Discovering What Makes a Billion People Tick by Deborah Fallows
The list author says:
  "Deborah Fallows’ diary/dictionary Dreaming in Chinese is the latest "must-read" book for expat students learning Chinese"
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Mr. China
7.  Mr. China by Tim Clissold
The list author says:
  "Many a western author have written about their successes in, and "expertise" on, doing business with the Chinese. Tim Clissold just might be the first to exploit his failures"
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Iron and Silk
8.  Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman
The list author says:
  "Mark Salzman was teaching English in China while the rest of us were still in Key Stage 2. His Bible-status memoir (and the movie based on it) is renowned"
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Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
9.  Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China by Paul Theroux
The list author says:
  "Along with Salzman and Hessler, Theroux is another 80's-era "Old China Hand" whose books have become a staple in the literary diet of foreigners and backpackers across Asia"
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The River at the Centre of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
10.  The River at the Centre of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time by Simon Winchester
The list author says:
  "His novels about China are best-sellers, but it is in his memoir about his own journeys meandering along the Yangtze River where we REALLY get to know Mr. Winchester - and China"
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The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed
11.  The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed by Michael Meyer
The list author says:
  "A diary about living in China with a historical retrospective of Beijing's fast-disappearing "hutong" - ancient neighborhoods that are being destroyed so the Communist government can build skyscrapers"
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Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent Into Drug Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland
12.  Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent Into Drug Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland by Chris Thrall
The list author says:
  "Leaving our Royal Marines to "find his fortune" in Hong Kong, Thrall instead gets mixed up the red-light dealings of Wan Chai and soon finds himself working as a triad soldier for the Chinese mafia"
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Season in Red: My great leap forward into the new China
13.  Season in Red: My great leap forward into the new China by Kirsty Needham
The list author says:
  "This memoir by journalist Kristy Needham is a colorful mix of female-hued observations of expat life in Beijing and her fledgling career at the Communist-controlled China Daily newspaper"
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Harvest Season
14.  Harvest Season by Chris Taylor
The list author says:
  "Chris Taylor, who is responsible for (or should we say guilty of) writing all those Lonely Planet China guidebooks, returns to his own private Shangrila to find it over-run with drugs"
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Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A sweet-sour memoir of eating in China
15.  Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A sweet-sour memoir of eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop
The list author says:
  "Food writer Fuchsia Dunlop has written a savory, stir-fried memoir about her career as a professional chef in China. Food meets travel - a delicious recipe for reading"
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China Cuckoo: How I lost a fortune and found a life in China
16.  China Cuckoo: How I lost a fortune and found a life in China by Mark Kitto
The list author says:
  "Mark Kitto describes his experiences as a former publishing magnate in China who had his entire business appropriated by the Communist government"
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Blonde Lotus
17.  Blonde Lotus by Cecilie Gamst Berg
The list author says:
  "Hong Kong-based radio personality Cecilie Gamst Berg recalls her more adventurous days as a sexually-liberated European bird out to devirginize as many young Chinese men as possible"
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Monkey House Blues: A Shanghai Prison Memoir
18.  Monkey House Blues: A Shanghai Prison Memoir by Dominic Stevenson
The list author says:
  "Drug-dealing Dominic Stevenson spent over two years in China's largest jail, Shanghai Municipal Prison"
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Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage
19.  Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage by Kay Bratt
The list author says:
  "Bratt relocates to China with her family and takes a position at a local orphanage. Career becomes crusade as this brave woman seeks to improve living conditions for Chinese orphans"
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Behind The Wall
20.  Behind The Wall by Colin Thubron
The list author says:
  "In Behind the Wall, Thubron shares the China-based portion of his journey, offering insight into 1980s-era Chinese society"
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American Shaolin: One Man's Quest to Become a Kungfu Master
21.  American Shaolin: One Man's Quest to Become a Kungfu Master by Matthew Polly
The list author says:
  "More than just jumping and kicking, his memoir is a study on the silly spectacle that all foreigners in China seem to make of themselves"
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Great Walk of China: Travels on Foot from Shanghai to Tibet
22.  Great Walk of China: Travels on Foot from Shanghai to Tibet by Graham Earnshaw
The list author says:
  "Graham Earnshaw has lived in Shanghai for over two decades, during which he has worked as a reporter, publisher and muscician. On his days off, he likes to WALK across China"
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My China Daily
23.  My China Daily by Edwin Maher
The list author says:
  "Edwin Maher is "that New Zealand guy" who we always see giving the news on CCTV, China's government-run television network"
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Business Republic of China: Tales from the Front Line of China's New Revolution
24.  Business Republic of China: Tales from the Front Line of China's New Revolution by Jack Leblanc
The list author says:
  "20 years on the frontlines of doing business in China more than qualifies Jack Leblanc as a captain of Sino-industry. He uses Business Republic of China to outline Chinese business practices"
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Gweilo: Memories Of A Hong Kong Childhood
25.  Gweilo: Memories Of A Hong Kong Childhood by Martin Booth
The list author says:
  "Though published in 2006, British author Booth's memoir focuses on his upbringing in 1950's Hong Kong"
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