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From Peking to Mandalay - A Journey from North China to Burma through Tibetan Ssuch'uan and Yunnan (Paperback)
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From Peking to Mandalay - A Journey from North China to Burma through Tibetan Ssuch'uan and Yunnan (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874 1938) was a colonial
administrator and oriental scholar. He travelled extensively in the
Far East and developed a deep interest in Chinese culture and
religion. His fourteen-year posting to Weihaiwei, a quiet naval
base, allowed him to travel to places not usually visited by
Europeans, and to begin writing. In 1906 he spent six months
travelling across China to Burma, publishing this illustrated
account of his arduous journey in 1908. In it he comments on the
economic and political state of China, but the book's main theme is
the beauty of the country and the character of its people. His
understanding of the language, religion and culture make this a
valuable description of Chinese society at the beginning of the
twentieth century. Johnston's Lion and Dragon in Northern China
(1910) and Twilight in the Forbidden City (1934) are also reprinted
in this series.
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