Black Dragon River is a personal journey down one of Asia’s great rivers that reveals the region’s essential history and culture. The world’s ninth largest river, the Amur serves as a large part of the border between Russia and China. As a crossroads for the great empires of Asia, this

Although he had been advised by everyone to avoid the bleak north east of China, Ben Whately spent six months in Qiqihaer in the winter of 2004, one of only six native English speakers in this city of five million people. In telling the story of his growing understanding of

When young teacher Shelby Johnson leaves Louisiana and crosses the Pacific to teach English at a university in northern China, she does not expect to find a corpse in her office. Who would murder Judith Treadway, respected and admired senior foreign expert? A disgruntled student? Japanese? Russians? a jealous lover?

Books about Black Dragon River

A visit to his birthplace in the rural village of Nanping threatens to shatter the ideals of Beijing police detective Wang Anzhuang, when his investigation into the brutal murder uncovers links to China's tortured past, a past that has haunted the community for years. Original.