Mitch Moxley
Inspired by his article â€œRent a White Guy,â€ published in ,The Atlantic,, comes a chronicle of Moxleyâ€™s outrageous adventures in Beijing--from fake businessman to Chinese propagandist to low-budget music video star--as well as a young manâ€™s search for identity in the most unexpected of places.,Mitch Moxley came to Beijing in the spring of 2007 to take a job as a writer and editor for ,China Daily,, the countryâ€™s only English-language national newspaper. The Chinese economy was booming, the Olympics were on the horizon, and Beijing was being transformed into a world-class city overnight. Moxley planned to stay through the Olympics and then head back to Canada.,That was five years ago. In that time Moxley has fed a goat to a tiger, watched a bear ride a bicycle while wearing lingerie (he has witnesses), and has eaten scorpions and silkworms. He also appeared as one of Cosmopolitanâ€™s 100 most eligible bachelors in China, acted in a state-funded Chinese movie, and was paid to pose as a fake businessman.,These experiences, and many more, are chronicled in Tall Rice, the comic adventures and misadventures of Moxleyâ€™s time in China and his transformation into his alter egoâ€”Mi Gao, or Tall Rice. The books spans the five years that Moxley has lived in China; five years that coincide with Chinaâ€™s arrival on the world stage and its emergence as a global superpower. A funny and honest look at expat life, and the ways in which a country can touch and transform you.
Travel,Cultural,China,Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Cultural,Asia,Cultural,Canada
Apologies to My Censor: The High and Low Adventures of a Foreigner in China