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"This book is a witty and irreverent look at the remaining historical sites of Old Peking. It explains what has been destroyed so one can understand what remains of the city's imperial architecture and layout. Whether you are reading it on the street in Beijing or far away on your sofa, this book guides you through the various neighborhoods, identifying important as well as mundane historical remnants. It provides historical background as well as interesting insights and amusing anecdotes on the cultural interactions and misunderstandings between foreigners and Chinese. Combining extensive personal experience with accounts by early expatriates, the book is entertaining and informative, an unconventional and frank account of Peking history that will become well known amoung serious travelers to China's capital." -- Professor Joseph Bosco, Department of Anthropology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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