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Finding India in China whisks the reader on a whirlwind journey through China’s margins. In part an intellectual travelogue, the voyage equally mixes in humorous anecdotes, oddball encounters, and thoughtful reflections on the vastness that is China. With her distinct Indian perspective, Anurag Viswanath slices through preconceptions and shibboleths in her interactions with a motley set of characters —from Muslim housewives in Xinjiang to Mongols dressing up for tourism, from academics to party officials to migrant workers.ABOUT THE AUTHORAnurag Viswanath is a Singapore based China specialist and independent writer for several Asian publications. She is Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, India, and a prolific writer on China. While she has written about Thailand, India, Singapore, her main focus is contemporary China. She has published over 85 articles in Bangkok Post, Prachatai & Nation (Thailand), Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong) and Journal of Contemporary Asia (Manila). Within India, she has written in Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai), Global Affairs (Mumbai) and Indian Management (Delhi). She was a regular writer at Business Standard (Delhi) from 2007-2011. Since 2011, she is a leading columnist with Financial Express (Delhi).
She has a Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Delhi, India. Her thesis was on “The role of the state in the context of reform: A study with reference to poverty alleviation programmes in China”.