Exploration & Journeys
The face of China
E. G. Kemp · narrated by Moss
2026
8h 5m
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E. G. Kemp travels widely through China, painting its landscapes, cities, temples, and people at a time of great change. Her observant narrative and artist's sympathy bring the vast country close. A vivid, humane travelogue for anyone curious about China in the last years of the empire and its ancient ways.
Inside this audiobook
25 chapters
- 1PREFACE4m
- 2THE FACE OF CHINA CHAPTER I Shanghai22m
- 3CHAPTER II Shantung, the German Sphere of Influence12m
- 4CHAPTER III A Day in the Country (Shantung)12m
- 5CHAPTER IV Shantung Silk5m
- 6CHAPTER V Tsinan25m
- 7CHAPTER VI The Sacred Shrine of Tai Shan15m
- 8CHAPTER VII The Home of Confucius: Küfow24m
- 9CHAPTER VIII The Yellow River and Grand Canal12m
- 10CHAPTER IX Journey into Shansi in 189315m
- 11CHAPTER X Taiyüanfu20m
- 12CHAPTER XI Peking26m
- 13CHAPTER XII The Péhan Railway: from Peking to Hankow18m
- 14CHAPTER XIII On the Yangtze: Ichang to Wanhsien53m
- 15CHAPTER XIV Szechwan High-roads30m
- 16CHAPTER XV Chengtu20m
- 17CHAPTER XVI The Min River16m
- 18CHAPTER XVII Mount Omi24m
- 19CHAPTER XVIII From Szechwan into Yünnan23m
- 20CHAPTER XIX The Road to Yünnan Fu17m
- 21CHAPTER XX Yünnan Fu29m
- 22CHAPTER XXI Tali Fu12m
- 23CHAPTER XXII Tali Fu to Teng Yueh19m
- 24CHAPTER XXIII From China into Burma7m
- 25CHAPTER XXIV The Present Situation in China26m
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