Refreshing.
Picked up this book on a recommendation from Jason ([b:Blocked on Weibo: What Gets Suppressed on China’s Version of Twitter|15824230|Blocked on Weibo What Gets Suppressed on China’s Version of Twitter (And Why)|Jason Q. Ng|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1371519351s/15824230.jpg|21555036]), and I was not disappointed. The combination of stories from Americans and Chinese locales was jarring at first, but I think in the end made this book much more powerful. I didn’t feel like there was any theme to the book, but there was the ability to see the world through the author’s eyes, and get insight into village life on either side of the pacific. Unlike many American books on China, I felt like the author understood enough of the context to convey in a neutral manner what life was like, rather than add layers of American culture into the translation. (Such as [b:Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China|18490568|Age of Ambition Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China|Evan Osnos|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1418113377s/18490568.jpg|26174286] or [b:China Airborne|13151308|China Airborne|James M. Fallows|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1333577776s/13151308.jpg|18329333])