On the road, a memoir of a cyclist

Zhang Xiangdong doesn't categorize his new book Brief Flight as a travelogue, but a collection of reflections on the first 36 years of his life, of which entrepreneurship and cycling have played important roles.

"People will feel as if they have had a long talk with me after reading the book," Zhang says.

"I spoke to myself on my long journeys when I was riding a bike alone. I wrote down these conversations in my book. It reveals my mind."