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Tong Sing: The Know Everything Book

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Tong Sing is the chinese equivalent of the Farmer's Almanac, not a collection of random factoids that people think are "Chinese".

He is one of those "white guys" who thinks he is an authority in Chinese culture because his wife is Chinese, but in fact he doesn't know anything beyond eating with chopsticks. Flipping through the pages, it shows how little he knows or appreciates it.

If his aim is to make fun of the Chiense stereotype, his efforts are half-baked at best. This book offends those who care about the Chinese culture, and spreads lies for those who don't.

I must say other reviews knock it based on the authors personal opinion, oh well. The content of the book I found greatly intresting and I couldnt put the book down. It is the broad aspect view I've been looking for!

The authors of this book is creative to introduce Chinese culture in a book seems to be a tong sing which is a fortune-telling book in China. This book includes sufficient information about Chinese culture such as cuisine, festivals, etc. It is really an interesting book to learn Chinese culture for non-Chinese.

This book claims to speak of Chinese traditions and uses the title and format of the Tong Sing. In fact within the first few pages the author sings the praises of two murderous tyrants who rejoiced in burning books (except for those in their personal libraries, of course) - Shi Huang Ti and Mao Zedong. The author's description of Mao as a benevolent leader who vanquished the forces of "imperialism" made me throw this disgusting book across the room.

The author includes his own crude drawings throughout the book, so that the ugliness of his ideology is actually exceeded by the ugliness of the book itself.

The contents have very little to do with the Tong Sing and the use of this traditional book's title for a Communist's collection of half-informed opinion and crude parodies of culture would be actionable if only the Tong Sing were copyrighted.

This book is trash.