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Frank Langfitt: The Shanghai Free Taxi [2020] paperback Condition:New Allen Carr's hundred-cigarettes-a-day addiction droveAs any traveller knows, the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So when journalist Frank Langfitt wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab and discovered a country amid seismic political and economic change. The Chinese economic boom, with its impact on the environment, global trade, and the tech industry, has been one of the most important stories of the twenty first century. Yet few realise that