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October 1st, 2014 by: Barbara Canavan

Riding the Permafrost Rooster Across the Roof of the World

Technology’s Stories v. 2, no. 3 – doi: 10.15763/JOU.TS.2014.10.1.01 PDF: Canavan_Permafrost Rooster Background “Iron rooster” is a Chinese phrase for a stingy bird, one so difficult to pluck it might as well be made out of iron. Paul Theroux borrows this phrase in Riding the Iron Rooster to describe his arduous train travels across China…

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