About this book
An Australian in China: Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison plunges listeners into the vivid, often startling world of early 20th-century China through the eyes of an intrepid Australian traveller and journalist. Morrison’s travelogue traces a route from Hankow down the Yangtze through Wanhsien and Chungking, across Sui-fu and the wild interior of Yunnan to Tali and the frontier with Burma, recording markets, missions, prisons, and the mechanics of daily life with clear-eyed curiosity.
Part travel narrative, part historical reportage, the book combines reportage on railways, telegraphs, banks and gold rushes with candid observations on missionaries, Chinese medicine, opium debates, social customs and the tragic practices of infanticide and slavery that he encountered. Morrison situates his personal encounters within the larger colonial and political shifts of the period, offering listeners both rich local color and sharp analysis of a China in transition.
Ideal for fans of history and travel literature, as well as armchair explorers and students of colonial-era journalism, this audiobook is a compelling primary account for anyone seeking an authentic, on-the-ground portrait of a pivotal era in Chinese history.
