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Synopsis Poonam Surie begins her journey with a quest: to understand China and search for its soul. "While doing so, her personal voyage takes us into the heart of the 'Middle Kingdom,', exploring the beauty of the land whether through a cruise along the Yangtze River, a walk in the amazing Stone Forest in the Yunnan Province, journeying through the deserts of Xinjiang in western China or yet again through Buddhist and Taoist temples into the streets of busy, commercial present day Beijing. In her quest, as the author discovers more about China she finds inextricable links with an important neighbour, India. Sensitively written, the book brings to light the ethos of Chinese society highlighting the realities of life in today's China. Not only is this book a search for historical, personal and societal identities but it also delves into the past, exploring the links between India and China from ancient times to the present, moving across time lines. It sets out to find links from the time of the Silk road to the Tang dynasty, to the cultural revolution, to the lives of the people she comes into contact with in contemporary China. Her journey delves into the spiritual, in the process bringing out the cultural and historical commonalities and differences between the people of the two countries.