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Dueling the Dragon Collection: Five Memoirs About Living and Working in China (Dueling the Dragon: Five Memoirs About Living and Working in China)
Abdiel LeRoy
ASIN: B06VXPKWZ8
Publisher: Unparagoned
Pages: 227

China — Superpower or Basket Case? You decide!Abdiel LeRoy's ten years in China are an adventure in every sense of the word, with "reverie and revulsion, miracle and monster, friend and foe." Through five consecutive memoirs, we accompany him from teaching jobs in the western province of Sichuan to broadcasting roles at China's state-media giants in Beijing.What we find is a nation of extremes that works its magic and misery on him in equal measure. With a journalist's eye and lively wit, Abdiel will have you laughing between the tears!"An adventure, a memoir, and certainly one of the more entertaining books about China before us today."San Francisco Review of Books1. Dispatches From Chengdu—Beguiled in China!"The girls here are dazzling," Abdiel observes as he begins work as an English teacher in Chengdu. The food is delicious, the cameraderie joyous, and the enthusiasm of his students ...
Amazon Rating:
4 stars from 21 ratings