Book description
Since June 2003 Xinran has been writing about China in her weekly
column in the Guardian. She has covered a vast range of topics
from food to sex education, and from the experiences of British
mothers who have adopted Chinese daughters, to whether Chinese people
do Christmas shopping or have swimming pools.
Each of her columns inspired letters and questions and more
opportunities for Xinran to shed light on the culture of her native
land. What the Chinese Don't Eat collects these pieces together
for the first time to give one unique Chinese woman's perspective on
the connections and differences between the lives of British and
Chinese people today.
Born in Beijing in 1958, Xinran was a journalist and radio presenter
in China. In 1997 she moved to London, where she wrote her bestselling
book
The Good Women of China
. Since then she has written a regular column for the
Guardian
, appeared frequently on radio and TV and published
Sky Burial, Miss
Chopsticks
(a novel), a groundbreaking work of oral history,
China Witness,
and a powerful collection of stories based on experience
, Message
from an Unknown Mother.
Her charity, The Mothers' Bridge of Love, was founded to help
disadvantaged Chinese children and to build a bridge of understanding
between the West and China.
