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In 1995, at age 23, Michael Meyer became a member of the Peace Corps and, after rejecting offers to go to seven other countries, was delivered to a tiny town in Sichuan. Knowing nothing about China, or even how to use chopsticks, Meyer had written Chinese words up and down his forearms so he could carry discussions, and, per a Communist dean's purchases, jumped into educating his students about the Enlightenment, the stock market, and Beatles lyrics. Soon he realized his Chinese counterparts were just like bewildered by China's changes as he was. Thus started an impassioned immersion into Chinese life. With laughter and perception, Meyer sets listeners in his amateur shoes, winding across the size and breadth of his implemented country - from a terrifying bus harm on introduction, to remote Xinjiang and Tibet, into Beijing's backstreets and his future wife's Manchurian family, and headlong into work to protect China's vanishing heritage at places like "Sleeping Dragon", the world's largest panda preserve. Both funny and relatable, The Street to Sleeping Dragon is essential listening for anyone thinking about China's history, and exactly how daily life performs out there today.
