Apologies to My Censor: The High and Low Adventures of a Foreigner in China

ISBN: 0062124439

Author: Moxley, Mitch

Condition: New

Inspired by his article Rent a White Guy, published in The Atlantic, comes a chronicle of Moxleys outrageous adventures in Beijing--from fake businessman to Chinese propagandist to low-budget music video star--as well as a young mans search for identity in the most unexpected of places.Mitch Moxley came to Beijing in the spring of 2007 to take a job as a writer and editor for China Daily, the countrys only English-language national newspaper. The Chinese economy was booming, the Olympics were on the horizon, and Beijing was being transformed into a world-class city overnight. Moxley planned to stay through the Olympics and then head back to Canada.That was five years ago. In that time Moxley has fed a goat to a tiger, watched a bear ride a bicycle while wearing lingerie (he has witnesses), and has eaten scorpions and silkworms. He also appeared as one of Cosmopolitans 100 most eligible bachelors in China, acted in a state-funded Chinese movie, and was paid to pose as a fake businessman.These experiences, and many more, are chronicled in Tall Rice, the comic adventures and misadventures of Moxleys time in China and his transformation into his alter ego-Mi Gao, or Tall Rice. The books spans the five years that Moxley has lived in China; five years that coincide with Chinas arrival on the world stage and its emergence as a global superpower. A funny and honest look at expat life, and the ways in which a country can touch and transform you.