{"product_id":"the-horse-that-leaps-through-clouds-a-tale-of-espionage-the-silk-road-and-the-rise-of-modern-china-paperback","title":"The Horse That Leaps Through Clouds: A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road, and the Rise of Modern China - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Enno Tamm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn July 6, 1906, Baron Gustaf Mannerheim boarded the midnight train from St. Petersburg, charged by Czar Nicholas II to secretly collect intelligence on the Qing Dynasty's sweeping reforms that were radically transforming China. The last czarist agent in the so-called Great Game, Mannerheim chronicled almost every facet of China's modernization, from education reform and foreign investment to Tibet's struggle for independence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn July 6, 2006, writer Eric Enno Tamm boards that same train, intent on following in Mannerheim's footsteps. Initially banned from China, Tamm devises a cover and retraces Mannerheim's route across the Silk Road, discovering both eerie similarities and seismic differences between the Middle Kingdoms of today and a century ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way, Tamm offers piercing insights into China's past that raise troubling questions about its future. Can the Communist Party truly open China to the outside world yet keep Western ideas such as democracy and freedom at bay, just as Qing officials mistakenly believed? What can reform during the late Qing Dynasty teach us about the spectacular transformation of China today? As Confucius once wrote, \"Study the past if you would divine the future,\" and that is just what Tamm does in \u003ci\u003eThe Horse that Leaps Through Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Enno Tamm\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and journalist. His first book, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Story of Ed Ricketts, the Pioneering Ecologist Who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Tamm currently lives and works in Ottawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 522\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.7 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520069484765,"sku":"9781582438177","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/2Vjk66s7bX9781582438177.webp?v=1772235644","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-horse-that-leaps-through-clouds-a-tale-of-espionage-the-silk-road-and-the-rise-of-modern-china-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}