Harmony Express: Travels by Train through China
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Venue
- SOAS Gallery
- Room
- BG01
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
Thomas Bird will introduce his latest publication Harmony Express: Travels by Train through China, a travelogue that recounts the years he spent railway-wayfaring in China, from 2014 until late-2019, when the country was in the midst of a railway building boom, plying the world’s longest high-speed network.
A work of travel literature and of anthropology and reportage, Harmony Express offers a portrait of an era — a view of China behind the headlines and beyond the stereotypes that should add nuance to the grander narrative of China’s twenty-first century, high-speed transformation.
Photo credit: Ulrich and Mareli Aspeling via Unsplash
About the speaker
Thomas Bird is an East Asia-based writer and journalist who originally hails from Wales, UK. He holds a Master’s degree from SOAS University of London, and speaks Chinese fluently.
Thomas Bird has contributed to over 20 regional guidebooks including, most recently, The Rough Guide to Thailand and Insight Guides The Philippines. His work has been published by BBC Travel, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, Destinasian Magazine, Geographical Magazine as well as in a host of sympathetic publications online and in print.
Chair
Registration
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Please note that seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event is taking place on campus and will not be recorded or live-streamed.
Contact
- Email: sci@soas.ac.uk
