num_pages: 288
description: Approaching the end of his eight-year stay in Beijing Michael Bristow decided he wanted to write about the countrys 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 teachers story is the story of modern China.
language: English
title: China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-dresser
publisher: Sandstone Press