Behind the Wall

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Behind the Wall is written by Colin Thubron and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0140109919 (ISBN 10) and 9780140109917 (ISBN 13).

Having learned Mandarin, and travelling alone by foot, bicycle and train, Colin Thubron sets off on a 10,000 mile journey from Beijing to Tibet, starting from a tropical paradise near the Burmese border to the windswept wastes of the Gobi desert and the far end of the Great Wall. What Thubron reveals is an astonishing diversity, a land whose still unmeasured resources strain to meet an awesome demand, and an ancient people still reeling from the devastation of the Cultural Revolution.