Recounting a Walk of twenty miles across Beijing, Long Peace Street takes the reader on a journey through the city\'s recent history, explaining how the present and future of the world\'s rising superpower has been shaped by its tumultuous past, from the demise of the last imperial dynasty in 1912 through to the present day. -- ..
Recounting a Walk of twenty miles across Beijing, Long Peace Street takes the reader on a journey through the city\'s recent history, explaining how the present and future of the world\'s rising superpower has been shaped by its tumultuous past, from the demise of the last imperial dynasty in 1912 through to the present day