Book Review: The Emperor Far Away, Travels At the Edge of China by David Eimer ISBN 9781620403631

This is a book by an outsider looking inward to understand China's outmost regions and contentious borderlands.

The book is broken into 4 parts:

• Part 1: Xinjiang- The new frontier
• Part 2: Tibet - The wild west
• Part 3: Yunnan - Trouble in paradise
• Part 4: Dongbei - Pushing the boundaries

I only managed to finish part 4, and the authors went to Yanbian and Mohe to try to experience first hand Korean minority and Orequn minority life in modern China.

Should be a great travel book if you are not satisfied with stop-and-take-picture type of tourism and would rather immerse yourself in the local culture and history.

Rating: 3 of 5