We Met in Beijing: Anthony Tao in-conversation with Linda Jaivin

Beijing is a city of multitudes, filled with contradictions and constantly in flux. It is a place for dreamers and schemers, musicians and migrant workers, techies and teachers, cat ladies and cab drivers—and at the same time, a place for none of them, a seat of power that can feel unwelcoming and closed.

In his debut book, Anthony Tao opens the gates to the tree-lined streets, dusty alleys, mirthful canals, fashionable rooftops and sweaty nightclubs of China’s political and cultural nerve center, and invites readers to experience the exhilaration, hardship, and heartbreak of trying to put down roots in this gritty, unrelenting metropolis.

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Anthony Tao was born in Beijing, grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, and graduated with a journalism degree from Northwestern University. He returned to Beijing in 2008 to cover…