China Road
{{Short description|2007 nonfiction book by Rob Gifford}}
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China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power is a book on travel literature by Rob Gifford, first published on January 1, 2007 by Random House.{{Cite news |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1042203.China_Road|title= China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford|date=August 2, 2020|work=Goodreads }}
The book documents Gifford's 2004 trip across China National Highway 312 from Shanghai to the China-Kazakhstan border and his observations of China. Gifford was at the end of his term as a China correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR),"[http://smithsonianapa.org/bookdragon/china-road-a-journey-into-the-future-of-a-rising-power-by-rob-gifford/ China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220943/http://smithsonianapa.org/bookdragon/china-road-a-journey-into-the-future-of-a-rising-power-by-rob-gifford/ Archive]). Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Retrieved on July 13, 2014. and his experiences were the basis of several NPR stories."[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10474172 'China Road' Trip Gauges a Nation on the Move]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163035/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10474172 Archive]). National Public Radio. Retrieved on July 13, 2014.
Vanessa Bush of Booklist stated "Gifford notes an aggressive sense of competition in the man-eat-man atmosphere of a nation that is likely to be the next global superpower."Bush, Vanessa. "[http://www.booklistonline.com/China-Road-A-Journey-into-the-Future-of-a-Rising-Power-Rob-Gifford/pid=1906564 China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power.]" (review). Booklist. Retrieved on July 13, 2014. Dinah Gardner of Asia Times stated that "To anyone who has lived some time in China, Gifford's book is nothing revolutionary—the editors appear to have pruned it for a reader with little knowledge of the country."Gardner, Dinah. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509194407/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IL01Ad01.html An over-traveled road]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140329082538/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IL01Ad01.html Archive]). Asia Times. December 1, 2007. Retrieved on July 13, 2014.