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2009 · 008482 — New York : St. Martin's Press c2009. 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 359 pages ; 22 cm ; ISBN 9780312531089 0312531087 ; OCLC 243544878 ; LCCn 2008035870 ; LOC NO CT275.Z88 A3 2009 ; Dewey 951.05092 ; black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; A swaggering true tale of sex drugs and money in the new young professional class in China. ZZ's parents got him out of Communist China-but now that he's got his American education including a law degree under his belt and now that China loves a go-getting capitalist like ZZ what better time to return America was never the "Wild East" like this one: Beijing is the perfect place to start a business live large and get a piece of every lissome girl hash cigarette and bottle of Cristal China has to offer. ZZ taps into China's unreliable but plentiful workforce of "spit-'n-squatters" to start his brainchild Goodiez which delivers food all over Beijing. ZZ is the perfect guide to the real new Beijing: he's got insider's cred but an outsider's eye for the strange mores and daily annoyances of Chinese life. In China High he offers a rare glimpse into the world of guan xi a network of favors the insidious importance of "face" and into the clubs and cafes- with all their above-ground and below-ground pleasures- frequented by the new young professional class in China. But ZZ's glam urban life comes to a crashing halt when he's picked up by the police for smoking an opium-laced pot "Zigarette." None of ZZ's connections do more than get him a few extra dumplings at chow-time in Sunshine Prison where unable to bribe his way out he is forced to take a serious look at the life he has been leading. ; FINE/FINE <br/> <br/> New York : St. Martin's Press, c2009. hardcover