Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

China High: My Fast Times in the 010: A Beijing Memoir
China High: My Fast Times in the 010: A Beijing Memoir
China High: My Fast Times in the 010: A Beijing Memoir
Ebook419 pages5 hours

China High: My Fast Times in the 010: A Beijing Memoir

By ZZ

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

2.5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A swaggering true tale of sex, drugs and money in the new young professional class in China

ZZ's parents got him out of Communist China—but now that he's got his American education (including a law degree), under his belt, and now that China loves a go-getting capitalist like ZZ, what better time to return? America was never the "Wild East" like this one: Beijing is the perfect place to start a business, live large, and get a piece of every lissome girl, hash cigarette and bottle of Cristal China has to offer. ZZ taps into China's unreliable but plentiful workforce of "spit-‘n-squatters" to start his brainchild, Goodiez, which delivers food all over Beijing. ZZ is the perfect guide to the real new Beijing: he's got insider's cred but an outsider's eye for the strange mores and daily annoyances of Chinese life. In China High, he offers a rare glimpse into the world of guan xi (a network of favors), the insidious importance of "face", and into the clubs and cafes— with all their above-ground and below-ground pleasures— frequented by the new young professional class in China.
But ZZ's glam urban life comes to a crashing halt when he's picked up by the police for smoking an opium-laced pot "Zigarette." None of ZZ's connections do more than get him a few extra dumplings at chow-time in Sunshine Prison, where unable to bribe his way out, he is forced to take a serious look at the life he has been leading.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 31, 2009
ISBN9781429942096
China High: My Fast Times in the 010: A Beijing Memoir
Author

ZZ

ZZ is a Chinese national who graduated from Brandeis University and Boston College Law School. He returned to China as an attorney with Sidley Austin Brown & Wood.

Related to China High

Related ebooks

Cultural, Ethnic & Regional Biographies For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for China High

Rating: 2.25 out of 5 stars
2.5/5

2 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    China High - ZZ

    2abook_preview_excerpt.htmlu}mFU5,uK&EJ͚iJ2"3B" |T2c{Id{lDVe{wߎӐw?x?Z|eg?~|xs|o1Y6}߿b26utnh_ C N_@\RGvwK/M=jS)hN} Ua|÷/Eܡ=r D]ڞpUJYmڢӨk>*p..qᑰ (Gh'7vs!Т PoYbVCRwNĹ['B ĥ 40C{2<9Ӫڌ!v6P1 օqj u\Ԇ0b}n&,:ZK#FJg=Sž}] je3U8~O9vsn(ҵ[Cgͤy>&¯cf2% ='8T#4wu};c[vܦf<olx㇈¼h:y=YKut6AS; ӀPwgr ~麸kvzW6-ܘ_O3` FEPrDao2&~ÙTE^/P`wft8\ },hgi'HfXs- (a6W3MqĶ >sqGz;?ƓpET/)4Ōbx v$s~#tPFVyi\p1W b=#RBi.ቺiЩ4OD!c҆60KMW]{XK>f=P3#5|?}t7R e%cl{BO>%;h&y*B0%h ?[[ݬeȇcʦq/UMZSfc9:|5(hi>(.^Q2t t{l%KhDf)7tďS)g~fƀ _e(!e,o0Po_S{7*3<5%=8nAe̻#zQs4ÍPsgH0u_z5r1moCy!2x6dOaM'=0nhDsPq2s1/tC졐#p d ;;XUy+E40:۝eg6eVB8O")V.vb(ΰDC X¢qoqR..eN H -(ч 'UߖΡ)IXO}S )܅F;^azBRġ#X[R#M^maq5->K қR-A_%Ehb&H:Q/Epc$M"_=yP 1w tTpo}7Sbl!>2?bmSXyRmuU/92 `ƠՒ1cJh0FBȿz҇!D E%m*hWi``NԲ-@.i[;X#(}Z .*|pPBoA 8ySl׳{ۮP\ @А]9x)Z?x {&s*K)m@-? N񶁠V ,tFvx).؍X|aS)T!wٙ'wox2Dž4KXo0D$n:3?h#;ҊBK*ViQ |"㵄9A*?Io`\ Rڙe9mId-6pa08qt ʸ.(p̬ /֋y?@s$~ΨW 2S+}u"UR!={?Qk9<03MB;T+bg81}e$32pyD#V[nz$Ϭ fLZBN`T6RK%uW:)g6jcZ1A֣feցj#:d ȁ#mo}X ɺRdr*.z}gKѾYMm }v-b\uҔrjC砘,{K4dCRCwh H=fa/2e̋˰Rn-N㵈ĐԚ 6r[ Bsg^^8ӀĒbxK6Zsf=GX$0vj+D]1'9?0bYJ$rFy3QG,91gWcG$#I'?;@1Eֱm*PG'Bjn6.Cˣ# <-sg/ONem0M1dB*8b?V!Tj2 B(:F䏞 y&Y JTmmKC0A HQZY*x07?:K2ܽuQ X3%cᘏf7SwϙL%EO2>q&۩`O&=+ i S \邎5NUed-EFIug~'ֲRU<Ө\b tx)8+ߝ-4!Hz|_rK*j2MHXiKNN gMSՅNWnY;u׎poR%?^FvxT ; *SZHE¤A!ivlMzX,4^hOh?Hujɋcύwfb-NGI`^页3#?u\X r.QKYjd۝MvA%;3Up̣m2[[י 쿉F偂v̹I(~íib ԼsY 7E!jsmdX|rt1Y7@j[kAb3# K`5I~ kC=GLV33&Xk+"ɳ8OZ4IƋ]/ݰZiuSW[*Rqܯ),iIB =-d5rCtZ:tq>=)!ԧ1vrbCw.CᲽh%2la#oVbم ECKM딳fI9Vl]e`\eg0mHS=|9|Jk7EԴCTxz_qp`j?CZpC8轪;f5ƦיSft!-B7'^/`ص0Ƚw 쬒 `ԛ=`UoCUц( =͹T0B.UCZ않RmƋ1`=$p_˜RZ2=_z&kr^2:G=\ _h'R4%cźTnc [rx4rZ[x^W}ҖCX:۹3Ԑфf]۲#uh6- ٦$Ԡ 2J~a7@˂Wz[ڲBll㉕{u-?uٺLљ( YH{pqo`߯'{`_GU!WpwظA{ܹ"I@`gK+韝8~8ylBwZ}fo;Q]Q i.N3%#,gIJ fyS3Lv|$y Yz ZɈ@aϜ}Jz(KdadthknƹN6 7@:'dH3AH- mg&OWmVd-|5g؛ڍqkJ/to;.pY{. O=q!o)]|Dm!js;dUZcFy䘊` F 'gȝomj<ٻX[KԦ˼ U |8~)R ~?<')@ihHl㠰xDR[2ԌĐM}]t1GJf%\ZZ8|۾HkҧA&R{丈* C3k1x\@Rv=d^XݟhYȓO~]ae ױm5l"Nx3XV&|fl4y(7z09 T[ 3]h@aP{[ 0V#ֱIx}㈡7Ҍ-uFQ@~0LSn/E+;PZ}'p!Ym_]Dzz05t=jap$}19谱WʩP&\܃]Ն2E!ߢ*GK)EuC11>O3χtZyn][}ʤ-t(u~_ɘK^I3+CTOAx_X6a9k'ypiA_MO e`dW\Z .͟]] 7R>`"&/螕e(} XC`qXإ@;)Ea/Y ٺrݔKWciχg;Ɖjzzqu e֜0MDtv쉣N cnEKDzl91#|A2mZn\ۤj/x"X&e>9 `眯7_Hy F~]wpu$ ߊcӥG6 lSΏ?pF*v/CkMn63@R6]>1hzц]HF B%E7a?⼚"}n12&wUk4' a$rJxp뤧Y1Bq)!>ȰQe%J7/٭7ݐu-pgL۷M(YcFo{ӀKBm̔ K"zWZQSDސ6AIkPxnݎ&Ub^2VƮLpr5g=c!w櫡{h'_S!zHfpN$eJ3;G9Sbb}E9ٵf1B-{3[9r!^2`bz`]] A *@Νj}}%ao UzIlR'7xb᳥MW'˜S'/ v?D+ΎBvA˒YZ܀mE>c<huU4Tt[Ήc9+ǥa|+(o Ү=7'ۑ ݠa~Ɍ[3x >.O.do>֟/4 S6e;:0xZzkR+k,ъq8lk9ETÉ~5ј;:rCulሁt5UϪl,Jx')6 b1w_' FRAm?+)ed/oN+BPel56Z7y#%Z-cgsMX٬!ɟUZ}3;[@k2.W mȮ8-sXͶfy"xҏ%Tx{)+<Ǧ6JWӖM>:iK& ս3QE6OesD]սڊwj%3/"VL{Ӣn-NR֯"}T`Ku&9,@t%)\<\li1>.lYljH:#ե~یżhlI@4Z' )]b`VoJnztwϯ5ĉϟh[ժ_Gpz׶ڭ+wu!3e[e@;<{k!{$~5q0VШ桵Y q5w+Ϋ:LCki.{q+ .wƊiJ}< !K nv]:Nvr*9>hH96@cfc{n= g~8v8>Ǚ&j_DqK3,2!:GP8fHhT6t铦bu2\&Κb[P&ҽasl}e򦻋 ^D)T:GyZ:йWlXo"E5E9puB tݐ”*jGI'gF5q_92& Ok͕࣠Ut1X °Sȯb}4U3V5z)_GmȭKۂ ay6DCF_2u1oNS5WԈ SP? %{֑:?ف}k#z; g#<4MNbndSvk:37H[qOiQ8V,^@!(q*&ؑ2 Y]ŕP0 rަB,Y.,#o̓s[Uľ8Q9;ŭxSNkװu2}暓kصs>ll[,Ηxӿ<_C,7dW};Y|zPƸ-L1 sgyc{ #7j9Pnpf6_ c.zmrrgKhI!)&xi2'VvgŔw⸓ߠsuyv)W {Εح'x*1}xKu?%S b8km!z|i{8w]Cb-_$z 6vN]V]\nu7oy% i^_Xo\<]6B VrwX ;"Fl9Sf
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1