Michael Meyer

The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed (2008)

If you have the patience for a long read, this book is fascinating. Written by an American teaching 4th grade Chinese students in a Chinese school, while continuing to live in true 'hutong' style. Meyer compares/contrasts the old Bejing with the new push to be 'modern' for the Olympics. 'Modern...