Despite the book's publication a decade ago, it still presents a fascinating and still relevant insight into China. Great chapters about various sub-layers of Chinese culture and society from the point of view of Chinese-Canadian author Jan Wong. The chapter on the sky-burial tradition of Tibet was eye opening. Most of us might think of China as a demographic and economic power-house but we still have a lot to learn about the complexity of China's 4,000 years of civlization. China matters!