Country driving
by Peter Hessler · first published 2010
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Why HN recommends it
Ground-level portrait of everyday life and China's economic change, told through a road trip and the factory towns of Wenzhou; recommended for readers wanting a vivid, non-academic view of modern China.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
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.In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the automobile and improved roads were transforming China. Hessler writes movingly of the average people—farmers, migrant workers, entrepreneurs—who have reshaped the nation during one of the most critical periods in its modern history.Coun
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Peter Hessler's "Country Driving" is a great book which second part is on topic.
on “One of the richest cities in China with a regime that borders on anarchism” ↗…Yorker go way beyond pyramids: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/tales-trash https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/10/learning-to-sp... His work about China is also great, particularly Country Driving: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/books/24book.html
on “A trip to Amarna, the desert city of Akhenaten” ↗Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory - by Peter Hessler A fascinating book about everyday life in today's China. It's actually 3 books in one: - Book 1 is an account of his driving trip along…
on “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2010 and briefly why” ↗I recently finished Peter Hessler's book Country Driving (all of his three China books are excellent, by the way). Workers wanting more OT (and more guaranteed hours in general) is a common refrain in the third of the book which deals with the emerging factory…
on “Now Can We Start Talking About the Real Foxconn?” ↗Peter Hessler is the author of (among other things) "Country Driving", whose insipid title hides a fascinating story of China's evolution viewed from the ground level. http://www.amazon.com/Country-Driving-Chinese-Road-Trip/dp/0...
on “The Chinese Lingerie Venders of Egypt” ↗…Race of a Lifetime. By John Heilemann and Mark Halperin The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama. By David Remnick The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers. By Richard McGregor Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory. By Peter Hessler Molotovâs Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History. By Rachel Polonsky Curfewed Night: One Kashmiri Journalistâs Frontline Account…
on “Economist books of the year (science and technology picks)” ↗The first time I read this quote is in Peter Hessler's Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory. He use it to summarize Chinese reform and opening. You cannot get any permission from goverment, but you can try it first. If something bad happens, ask…
on ““It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission”” ↗