# China Road

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{{Short description|2007 nonfiction book by Rob Gifford}}
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thumb|Map of National Highway 312
'''''China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power''''' is a book on [travel literature](/source/travel_literature) by [Rob Gifford](/source/Rob_Gifford), first published on January 1, 2007 by [Random House](/source/Random_House).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1042203.China_Road|title= China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford|date=August 2, 2020|work=[Goodreads](/source/Goodreads) }}</ref>

The book documents Gifford's 2004 trip across [China National Highway 312](/source/China_National_Highway_312) from [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai) to the [China-Kazakhstan border](/source/China-Kazakhstan_border) and his observations of China. Gifford was at the end of his term as a China correspondent for [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio) (NPR),<ref>"[http://smithsonianapa.org/bookdragon/china-road-a-journey-into-the-future-of-a-rising-power-by-rob-gifford/ China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220943/http://smithsonianapa.org/bookdragon/china-road-a-journey-into-the-future-of-a-rising-power-by-rob-gifford/ Archive]). [Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center](/source/Smithsonian_Asian_Pacific_American_Center). Retrieved on July 13, 2014.</ref> and his experiences were the basis of several NPR stories.<ref>"[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10474172 'China Road' Trip Gauges a Nation on the Move]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163035/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10474172 Archive]). [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio). Retrieved on July 13, 2014.</ref>

Vanessa Bush of ''[Booklist](/source/Booklist)'' stated "Gifford notes an aggressive sense of competition in the man-eat-man atmosphere of a nation that is likely to be the next global superpower."<ref name=Bush>Bush, Vanessa. "[http://www.booklistonline.com/China-Road-A-Journey-into-the-Future-of-a-Rising-Power-Rob-Gifford/pid=1906564 China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power.]" (review). ''[Booklist](/source/Booklist)''. Retrieved on July 13, 2014.</ref> Dinah Gardner of ''[Asia Times](/source/Asia_Times)'' stated that "To anyone who has lived some time in China, Gifford's book is nothing revolutionary—the editors appear to have pruned it for a reader with little knowledge of the country."<ref name=Gardner>Gardner, Dinah. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509194407/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IL01Ad01.html An over-traveled road]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140329082538/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IL01Ad01.html Archive]). ''[Asia Times](/source/Asia_Times)''. December 1, 2007. Retrieved on July 13, 2014.</ref>

==Reception==
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Gardner criticized "the intrusion of Gifford's religious views" and Gifford letting "moral outrage color his arguments" but concluded overall that the book "is, in every other way, a very vivid and lively piece of reportage."<ref name=Gardner/>

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