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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. 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 . Full of exotic detail solid reporting and ironic observation country driving offers a personal snapshot of the worlds second superpower hurtling through the 21st century the boston globe a fascinating road trip through a land in transition hesslers description of chinas new drivers is hilarious . Country driving addresses the human side of the economic revolution in china focusing on economics and development and shows how the auto boom helps china shift from rural to urban from farming. Country driving addresses the human side of the economic revolution in china focusing on economics and development and shows how the auto boom helps china shift from rural to urban from farming to business praise for country driving a journey through china from farm to factory a fascinating road trip through a land in transition