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He makes the travel with a companion — a Chinese woman who is referred to in the book only as
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The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time

Simon Winchester
Travel literature
Henry Holt
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Simon Winchester
Yangtze
Chinese painting
Wang Hui
Shanghai
Nanjing
Three Gorges Dam
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