The Other Side of the Coin
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B3ON2G6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the chain of events that follows she finds herself forcibly used by the Chinese state to slake the sexual thirsts of depraved foreign guests. It provides and eyewitness view of modern China and Japan we never see: including a rare and utterly convincing look inside the dark world of organised crime syndicates.Most importantly, it provides a cogent account of the twenty-first century prostitution that officially does not exist in Japan. Controlled by Yakuza, the clandestine trade in what the author calls "firm young flesh from the poorest countries of Asia" echoes the infamous phenomenon of 'comfort women' perpetrated by the Japanese during World War 11.The Other Side of the Coin also provides many insights into Asia life and culture, based on the author's more than 40 years living and working in Japan, China and Mongolia.. Mei Li, a beautiful and highly educated Hui Chinese from Yunnan, is robbed of her job and qualifications as a doctor after falling foul of her disloyal husband and his spiteful and ambitious mother. Merely for resis
The Other Side of the Coin I have just discovered this author and this book and believe me, you can't miss this! Where has he been until now??Michael Gorman's credentials as a Grand Master of the genre are impeccably confirmed with every page - and I couldn't stop turning them. As you might expect from the polymath that he is, Gorman gives us so much more . I loved this book. This book offered an interesting insight into the depravity of the Chinese government and a side of Japanese society that we wouldn't normally think about.