Beijing Blur: A head-spinning journey into modern China
By James West

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Beijing Blur, my first book, is out in Australia, the US, and the UK. A headspinning journey into modern China. A brave new world of bloggers, punk-rock dens and underground queer culture. An intimate account of my year abroad, and the story of modern China - a nation poised at one of the great turns of the global historical tide. The book is set against the changing seasons in Beijing, a city I grow to love. It's as much about my own coming of age as it is about China's.

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INTIMATE, EVOCATIVE AND ERUDITE WRITING, SHIMMERING WITH HONESTY” - Canberra Times

“POIGNANT AND REVELATORY” - Adelaide Advertiser

“BANG ON TARGET” - Sunday Age, Melbourne

“YOU’LL BE SWEPT UP IN THE ENERGY, CONTRADICTION AND CONFUSION THAT IS MODERN BEIJING” - The Cairns Post

“WEST’S VOICE RINGS WITH INSIGHT” - Courier Mail, Brisbane

Multimedia

Listen to an interview with Richard Glover, Drive presenter on 702 ABC Sydney:

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You can also watch this very cheesy author video, in the wrong aspect ratio:

James West interview (author of BEIJING BLUR)