From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People , a lively tour Through Japan, Korea, and China, exploring the intertwined cultures and often fraught History of these neighboring countries.
An enlightening, entertaining and sometimes sobering Journey Through China, Japan, and Korea, Three Tigers, One Mountain is an intimate and in-depth look at some of the world\'s most powerful and important countries..
Ultimately, Booth seeks a way forward for these closely intertwined, neighboring nations.
No matter where he goes, the burden of history, and the memory of past atrocities, continues to overshadow present relationships.
Booth, long fascinated with the region, travels by car, ferry, train, and foot, experiencing the people and culture of these nations up close.
Currently China\'s economic power continues to grow, Japan is becoming more militaristic, and Korea struggles to reconcile its westernized south with the dictatorial Communist north.
In his latest entertaining and thought provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, is the enmity between these Three tiger nations, and what prevents them from making peace.
However, in East Asia, there are Three Tigers on that Mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long History of turmoil and tension with each other.
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, Two Tigers cannot share the same mountain.
From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People , a lively tour Through Japan, Korea, and China, exploring the intertwined cultures and often fraught History of these neighboring countries
