{"product_id":"micro-hangzhou-english-chinese-edition-420-mini-stories-190-photos-that-piece-together-a-city","title":"Micro Hangzhou (English-Chinese Edition): 420 Mini-Stories \u0026 190 Photos That Piece Together a City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/5b13b9a622ee60968398795c26731405e3633a5d8d4eb939561507a3121f9df6.jpg?v=1793436354\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eIf you're curious about Hangzhou but don't want to wade through a heavy history tome — this book is for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eMicro Hangzhou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Chinese-English bilingual reader published by The Commercial Press in 2016, created as a tribute to the G20 Hangzhou Summit. Instead of grand narratives, it uses over 420 mini-stories written in a \"microblog\" style, paired with more than 190 photographs, to piece together a real Hangzhou from ten angles: urban life, historical anecdotes, local products, West Lake impressions, internet innovation, ancient city traces, food memories, Wu-Yue culture, Buddhist heritage, and fashion trends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEach entry is short — one or two hundred words — with Chinese and English side by side. You can finish one in two or three minutes. Read a few on your commute, or a handful before bed. It never feels like a chore, yet every entry gives you something concrete about Hangzhou: not just the cliché \"paradise on earth,\" but what locals eat for breakfast, what stories hide along West Lake, why Alibaba grew here, and who once lived behind the old city walls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eWho is it for? Expats living in or visiting Hangzhou, foreign readers curious about Chinese urban culture, Chinese language learners who want real-world reading material, and Chinese readers who want to rediscover their city in English. The bilingual layout makes it both a cultural guide and a language-learning companion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePublished by The Commercial Press — a name you can trust. 236 pages, paperback, easy to carry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/cd5544d4b399a907654bad8b1610c8b05433dc07a51193cb658d192b4cdfad75.jpg?v=1793436358\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/3055ca9ed67278fabc93db5bd32f4f245e88f33906b7eb9ccaff672ba3bac42f.jpg?v=1793436364\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/a817a6c481eb0c2106b69a803172436dc488e0fb34a8f21e89286dfe2a25953d.jpg?v=1793436368\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/cae6a9d778bff90042351e77f36f6c0865cdec14e7f0ffd710a5bca69e0b7293.jpg?v=1793436373\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"orientalbookworm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61462415507790,"sku":"978-7-100-12453-9-1540472-0-0-0-0-0-0","price":20.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/3e884aa32e1acd70bcbcf21d85c6f17cec363a487862ded2678617f67e51a194.jpg?v=1793416857","url":"https:\/\/orientalbookworm.com\/products\/micro-hangzhou-english-chinese-edition-420-mini-stories-190-photos-that-piece-together-a-city","provider":"orientalbookworm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}