In Red Embroidered Shoes Sipping the Essence of Suzhou, Foreign Languages Press

A former capital of China, Suzhou has a 2,500-year history featuring astonishing achievements in almost every field of human endeavor. Its old city is one of the best preserved in China, and its modern history is that of a vibrant pioneer that has established itself as one of China's wealthiest cities. Allow yourself to be introduced to Suzhou, the finest of Jiangsu province's water cities, and savor the essence of the old and the new in this book by author David W. Ferguson.