order:
Erwin Wickert's "China Seen From Within"
3.4

Erwin Wickert

Could this book have been better if the writer wasn’t a diplomat?

China As Seen From Within | 1976 | 4 years | China | diplomacy
Serge Roetheli's - "The 25,000 Mile Love Story"
3.8
USA

Serge Roetheli

How can a book about a man running around the whole world be so boring?

The 25,000 Mile Love Story | 2000 | 5 years | world | running
Hans Ulrich Kempski's "Red Sun Over Yellow Earth"
4.2

Hans Ulrich Kempski

Are these just some minor slip-ups or was this writer completely duped?

Red Sun Over Yellow Earth | 1956 | 4 months | China, Japan | journalism
Heinrich Schliemann's "China And Japan In The Present Age"
4.4

Heinrich Schliemann

Did the quest for scientific precision ruin this book?

China And Japan In The Present Age [Le Chine et le Japon au temps présent] | 1865 | 4 months | China, Japan | business trip
Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"
3.2

Xiaopeng

If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?

Ten Years Of Backpacking (背包十年) | 2001 | 10 years |  China, The Netherlands, UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Maledives, Philippines, Tunesia, Canada, Tahiti, USA, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, UAE, Cambodia, South Africa, | backpacking
Tony Hawks' "Round Ireland With A Fridge"
3.4
Ireland

Tony Hawks

How far can humor carry a boring (and narcissist) story?

Round Ireland With A Fridge | 1997 | 1 month | Ireland, UK | hitchhiking
Stuart Stevens' "Night Train to Turkistan"
3.2

Stuart Stevens

Does this book do anything right except expose someone’s attitude toward China?

Night Train To Turkistan | 1986 | 2 months | China | overland
Lois Fisher-Ruge's "Go Gently Through Peking"
4.2

Lois Fisher-Ruge

Why is it important that young people from China read this today?

Go Gently Through Peking | 1973 | 3 years | China | expat stay
Edgar Snow's "Red Star Over China"
5.2

Edgar Snow

Why is this book so tragic, and what is the author’s role in the history he helped to create?

Red Star Over China | 1936 | 5 months | China | journalism
Egon Erwin Kisch's "Secret China"
4.2

Egon Erwin Kisch

What does 1930s China look like through the eyes of a European socialist?

Secret China | 1932 | 3 months | China | journalism
Ernst Cordes' "The Lotus Lantern"
4.6

Ernst Cordes

What happens when an interesting author tries too hard to get his point across?

The Lotus Lantern - Experiences in China | 1930 | 7 years | China | work
Wang Yuxi's "From West Coast To East Coast"
2.8

Wang Yuxi

Could this talented artist have done a bit more with the material he had?

From West Coast To East Coast (西海岸油门，东海岸刹车：18天横穿美国) | 2011 | 3 weeks | USA | road trip
Mark Salzman's "Iron & Silk"
4

Mark Salzman

Is this guy the original Karate Kid, and why is his book so weak?

Iron & Silk | 1982 | 2 years | China | work
Yu Ying's "Go Out And Talk To People About Their Dreams"
3.4
Australia

Yu Ying

Does the Chinese literary world need to train tougher editors?

Go Out And Talk To People About Their Dreams (出发,和每个人谈一次梦想) | 2011 | 5 months | Asia | backpacking
Colette Modiano's "Twenty Snobs and Mao"
5.2
China

Colette Modiano

What happens when rich Europeans visit China at the height of the “Cultural Revolution”?

Twenty Snobs And Mao - Travelling De Luxe In Communist China] | 1966 | 1 month | China | tourism