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Title: NOT a martial arts book
Review: More of a travelogue so if you're expecting lots of deep martial arts writing, stick with Dave Lowry. The author writes well and makes a good story. He also manages to get his negative political digs in at U.S. foreign policy and American culture, not surprising considering he writes for Slate. Kind of backfires on him though because reading this book just reinforces how advanced we are compared to China (more than 50 years). A good book if you want to read about modern China. Also a good book to burst your bubble about Chinese martial arts. As an asise I couldn't help wondering how a Shaolin monk would do in the UFC. Not very well I suspect.
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