Unexpectedly in 1958, an irreverent British journalist and Australian cartoonist duo were granted visas to visit Communist China at its most closed and inscrutable. Emerging from the writings of Kirwan Ward and the drawings of Paul Rigby is a picture of China at a key moment in its history--still feeding off the exhilaration of the creation of "People's China" in 1949 and full of optimism and blind idealism. A rich collection of insights and observations tinged with skepticism and good humor, this record offers a western perspective of China during Mao Tse-tung's leadership.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
Kirwan Ward was an English journalist who worked for the West Australian Newspaper. He is the author of From Birthright to Birthmark. Paul Rigby was an award-winning Australian cartoonist. He is best known for his work for the New York Post, the Sun, and the Sydney Daily Mirror. Graham Earnshaw is a writer and businessman who began his career in China as a journalist. He is the author of The Great Walk of China, Life and Death of a Dotcom in China, and Tales of Old Shanghai.