[The China Project] Lonely Planet: Imperial China, by Xu Xiake

<p>Xu Xiake was China's first, most popular, and most prolific travel writer. He visited 16 modern provinces over more than three decades, and the observations he left behind, from the scientific to the mundane, provide us with a comprehensive guide to 17th-century China.</p><p><a href="https://thechinaproject.com/2023/05/24/lonely-planet-imperial-china-by-xu-xiake/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to read the article by James Carter.</a></p><p>Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>