Click on the following link to see review by Susan Ballyn:
Reviews in Australian Studies: Volume 1, Number 2, April 2006. [Ms Word Doc]

'This is one person's wry and perceptive account of China at the end of its era of Mao-style Communism...a fascinating insight into Chinese life and culture at a time when the country was going through major social and political changes.'
Bruce Elder, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October 2004

'Others have written about China today, but Lazy Man in China records the experiences and impressions of two discerning and talented observers during the past 20 years in a manner that is both memorable and thoroughly diverting, not least with the help of its many apt illustrations. This is, as Australia's first ambassador to the People's Republic of China has pithily remarked, "a book you read through in one go", a fascinating, beautifully produced book.'
Ralph Elliott, The Canberra Times, 19 February 2005

The Canberra Times book review 19 February 2005 (full text pdf format)