Title: Packed with hilarious remarks & profound insights
Review: The book is peppered with hilarious remarks about small details and profound insights about Chinese culture. And it is very well written.What Hessler describes in his book is what all foreigners notice when they come to China and observe the locals, I guess. I starting living in another province about 10 years after his stay in Fuling, yet I was struck by the same things. Except maybe the omnipresence of political propaganda, but it may be due to his position in the education system. The attitude of the "laobaixing" is not the same here in Shenzhen, but I lived in a small town for a few months and it was much closer to what Hessler describes.Easily readable. Highly recommended if you are wondering how the "Chinese system" works.
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