At the Edge of Empire (eBook)

Edward Wong's exquisite family chronicle achieves a level of humane illumination that only one of America's finest reporters on China could deliver ... A profound story of modern China itself

An absorbing new memoir [which] explores the country through a triple prism of history, geography and ancestry... stories are beautifully told and expose the contradictions of modern China

Astonishing ... A humane, moving story against a massive canvas of China's rise to power

A true epic and an extraordinary work of reportage. The son of two empires, Edward Wong is admirably clear-eyed in his ability to weave the personal and intimate with the monumental

A fascinating read ... a beautifully-written personal account of China's rise to a superpower ... vividly told

In the age of the instant expert, Edward Wong is the real thing ... [A] blend of epic family memoir and deeply insightful reporting on the rise of an increasingly autocratic China under Xi Jinping

A seamless and engaging hybrid narrative that reminds us it's people who write history

Arresting ... a family history that exposes China's authoritarian regime and an era of repression

A touching family memoir... about an immigrant's yearning to understand his heritage and his family

A masterpiece ... a must-read for anyone with the faintest interest in China, America's relationship with China, and the whole question of empire in the contemporary world

Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader could ever hope to find ... [Brings] it all vividly to life in a way no other book on China has for me

It is rare for a book to combine past and present, personal history and the history of a vast nation with such thoughtfulness, grace, and panache

This sparkling book ... tells a story of greater China that is both intimately personal and fundamentally global, a journey steeped in trauma, nostalgia, and even poetry that only [Wong's] reporting talents could conjure

Utterly gripping and original ... an unforgettable account of the country's recent past and present