NEVER MISS AN ISSUE!

Sign up to receive our monthly newsletter.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
  • This field is hidden when viewing the form

ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Sandstone Press Ltd

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781910985908

RRP: £8.99

PAGES: 288

PUBLICATION DATE:
September 21, 2017

BUY THIS BOOK

As an Amazon Associate and Bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.

China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-dresser

Michael Bristow

Approaching the end of his nine year stint as a BBC journalist in Beijing, Michael Bristow decided he wanted to write about the country’s modern history. To assist him he asked for the help of his language teacher, who was born just two years after the communist party came to power in 1949. The changing fortunes of his life have mirrored the ups and downs of his country, which has moved from communist poverty to capitalist wealth in just a single generation. It came as a surprise though, to learn that the teacher was also a cross-dresser. Michael gradually realised that the teacher’s story is the story of modern China.

Reviews of China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-dresser

'A finely observed tale of one man and modern China. Fascinating and lovely.'-Mishal Husain

Share this

Michael Bristow

For five years, Michael Bristow was a BBC correspondent in Beijing, covering everything from earthquakes to the Olympics. Apart from his family, China is his great passion, an interest that began while at university in Newcastle. He’s spent much of his adult life trying to learn Mandarin; a task he imagines might take many more years. He lives with his wife and their two children.