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Country driving by peter hessler does not lack these criticisms its an account of hesslers experiences driving a rental car through the country first following the great wall to the desolate gansu province then to a rural village north of beijing and finally to the zhejiang in south the land of emerging factories. Country driving begins with hesslers 7000 mile trip across northern china following the great wall from the east china sea to the tibetan plateau he investigates a historically important rural region being abandoned as young people migrate to jobs in the southeast. After researching a bunch of books about the party about xi jinping and geopolitics i came across some glowing reviews for peter hesslers country driving which presents china in the opposite way from the bottom up despite the boring title this book was a great introduction to the chinese peoples perspective on their country through the . Country driving a journey through china from farm to factory peter hessler from the bestselling author of oracle bones and river town comes the final book in his award winning trilogy on the human side of the economic revolution in china. Praise for country driving a journey through china from farm to factory a fascinating road trip through a land in transition hesslers description of chinas new drivers is hilarious country driving tells us as much about contemporary china even when hessler is not on the road