The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China 9781408813904, 1408813904

Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Map; Introduction; Part I: XINJIANG â#x80;#x93; THE NEW FRONTIER; Map

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The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China
 9781408813904, 1408813904

Table of contents :
Intro
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Map
Introduction
Part I: XINJIANG â#x80
#x93
THE NEW FRONTIER
Map
1 â#x80
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Uighurs Are Like Pandasâ#x80
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2 The New Silk Road
3 Exiles
4 The Great Game Again
5 Return to Kashgar
6 Three Borders
7 Uighurstan
Part II: TIBET â#x80
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THE WILD WEST
Map
8 The Tibetan Borderlands
9 Lhasa
10 A Night at the Nangma
11 U-Tsang
12 High Plateau Drifter
13 The Precious Jewel of the Snows
14 Going Down
Part III: YUNNAN â#x80
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TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Map
15 Shiny Happy Minorities
16 Dailand
17 Down the Mekong
18 The Dai Diaspora
19 With the Wa. 20 Women for SalePart IV: DONGBEI â#x80
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PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
Map
21 The Pyongyang Express
22 The Third Korea
23 Spreading the Word
24 The Arctic Borderlands
25 Along the Amur
26 An Empire Expanding
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
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