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EPISODE · Jun 20, 2019 · 49 MIN

NPR's Frank Langfitt: ----The Shanghai Free Taxi----

from Midday · host WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore

When Frank Langfitt returned to China for his second reporting tour in 2011, he came up with a novel way to hear what Chinese people had to say. He offered them free cab rides. He’s chronicled those stories in a fascinating new book, ----The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China.---- Frank Langfitt joins Tom Hall to discuss the book and more.Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

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