Beijing - Post Report Question and Answers
Do you recommend any books or movies about this city/country for those who are interested in learning more?
Too many to recommend. The best strategy? Pick some aspect of China that you’re interested in: film, cooking, ancient history, contemporary history, literature, etc. and just dive into it. - Nov 2024
The Farewell (film), Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper (book) - Nov 2021
Wild Swans - Jung Chang Midnight in Peking - Paul French And if you are interested in the US/China relations: Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom - John Pomfret - Nov 2020
The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom, Midnight in Peking, Oracle Bones, River Town, Dream of the Red Chamber, Confucius' Analects, the Dao De Jing, The Hundred Year Marathon - Jul 2020
So many great choices, grab a guidebook, check out movies of history or current culture. - May 2020
Wild Swanns by Jung Chang. - Oct 2017
Lonely Planet guides. - Aug 2014
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
The Party by Richard McGregor - Jun 2013
The Last Empress by Anchee Min - Apr 2011
Any Judge Dee mystery novel you can find. Or all of them. - Jan 2011
Insider's Guide to Beijing, Lisa See's "Snowflower and the Secret Fan", "Lost Daughters of China", anything by Peter Hessler. - Apr 2010
Beijing Coma. - read before you come, its banned here, as is Lonely Planet China. - Jan 2010
