China Book Club: 'China in Five Cities' by Kerry Brown

The country of the Great Wall and the Economic Miracle, Lao Tzu and Confucius, China has emerged as a giant on the world stage since the 1990s. However, in China much more is known about the West than what we in the West know about China.

This book will help familiarise and humanise the People's Republic, which many predict is set to become the world's most powerful country.