China and the Chinese: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the China and the Chinese audiobook runs 4.5 hours unabridged, narrated by David Barnes (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Barnes
David Barnes narrates 19 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 58 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
222 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2019 recording read by Thomas Collins runs about the same length (4.5 hours).
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
China and the Chinese is an audiobook by Herbert Allen Giles: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Barnes, released January 1, 2016, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Barnes
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the China and the Chinese audiobook?
China and the Chinese runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is the China and the Chinese audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates China and the Chinese?
China and the Chinese is narrated by David Barnes.