{ "item_title" : "An Australian in China", "item_author" : [" George Ernest Morrison "], "item_description" : "A n Australian in China: Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison is a travel narrative written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the author's personal journey from Shanghai up the Yangtse River to Chungking, and then into Western China and the Shan States on his way to Burma. Morrison shares his experiences travelling incognito as a Chinese, navigating a culture he initially held prejudice against, but later grew to understand and appreciate. The opening of this work introduces readers to Morrison's plans for travel and his reflections on Chinese society, particularly during his time in Hankow. He outlines his intention to traverse China relatively unencumbered by the conventions of foreign travelers, describing the kindness and hospitality he received from the Chinese people. Throughout this portion, the author provides insights into the complex relationship between foreign missionaries and Chinese culture, highlighting the mingling of trade, customs, and the missionary presence in China. The tone is both observational and critical, suggesting a nuanced understanding of the challenges and surprises that lie ahead on his adventurous journey.I n the first week of February, 1894, I returned to Shanghai from Japan. It was my intention to go up the Yangtse River as far as Chungking, and then, dressed as a Chinese, to cross quietly over Western China, the Chinese Shan States, and Kachin Hills to the frontier of Burma. The ensuing narrative will tell how easily and pleasantly this journey, which a few years ago would have been regarded as a formidable undertaking, can now be done. The journey was, of course, in no sense one of exploration; it consisted simply of a voyage of 1500 miles up the Yangtse River, followed by a quiet, though extended, excursion of another 1500 miles along the great overland highway into Burma, taken by one who spoke no Chinese, who had no interpreter or companion, who was unarmed, but who trusted implicitly in the good faith of the Chinese. Anyone in the world can cross over to Burma in the way I did, provided he be willing to exercise for a certain number of weeks or months some endurance-for he will have to travel many miles on foot over a mountainous country-and much forbearance.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/818/270/9798182700757_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "49.99", "online_price" : "49.99", "our_price" : "49.99", "club_price" : "49.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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