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Acknowledgements
Simon Foster: Thanks to Steven Huang; Judy Wang; Rose
Xiaomo; Christine, Tot, Sasha & Molly.
Jo James: In the field, my thanks go to Ablikim in
Khotan, Evan and Loja in Xiahe, the Apudis and their teapot at Lake Karakul,
Weili and his truck in Kashgar, Wumarjan in Chechen, and the bus drivers of
Northwest China. Behind the scenes, many thanks to Olga and David; and to Jerry,
with love wherever I am.
David Leffman: Special thanks to Narrell, James Lucas,
CS Tang, Olga, Anthony Liu, Osmond Lam, Samuel, Phillip, Pete Spurrier and all
who fed, watered, punched and otherwise kept me busy in Hong Kong.
Simon Lewis would like to thank Kat, Mayguli, Zoe,
Mark, Chris, Xiao Song, Xiao Shan, Wang Bin and Du.
Mark South: Family South, David L, Simon L, Martin Z,
Hsuan-Fen, Sarah, Chih Hsing, Ravia, Nikki, Siobhan, David Niven, Andy Jones,
George and all at BRC.
Charles Young: Thanks to Simon, Keith and David at RG,
Al, Gina, Geoff and Janice in HK, and Qing Qing in China.
Martin Zatko: I would like to thank Jee Young Lee for
being a great travel partner for much of his time in China, and for getting over
a baptism of fire (theft of brand-new phone on first day; being attacked by a
falling glass case three days later) in an admirable manner. Thanks, too, to
Eivind Hestetun Thomassen for all of his help in Beijing: font of knowledge,
supplier of snus, occasional taxi service and fun drinking buddy, all in one.
Honourable mentions also for the Harmony, Tian Yuan Kui and Jing’s Residence
teams in Pingyao; Pru Goudie at On The Go Tours for welcome assistance with
accommodation; and the excellent chefs, and friendly waitresses, at literally
hundreds of restaurants across the land.
The editor would like to thank Keith for guidance,
Katie and the cartography team for great maps, Tim Draper for photo selection
and Anita for typesetting. Not forgetting a big thank you to all the authors for
packing so much research into such a tight bundle, and to Andrew Commins, for
his help in Beijing.
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