Dueling the Dragon, Abdiel LeRoy
Dueling the Dragon, Abdiel LeRoy
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Dueling the Dragon
Adventures in Chinese Media and Education

Author: Abdiel LeRoy

Narrator: Abdiel LeRoy

Unabridged: 4 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Unparagoned

Published: 02/15/2019


Synopsis


China — Superpower or Basket Case? You decide! (Author's narration)A wide-eyed expat is detained by Beijing cops and told to sign a false confession. Will he make it out of China alive?Dueling the Dragon is a great adventure story, but this one just happens to be true!With a journalist's eye and lively wit, LeRoy exposes the deep levels of corruption tearing at China's social fabric. You will learn of college students sold into slavery, media suppression of pollution reports, and persecution of a broadcaster just trying to do his job!Yet there is delight amid the despair, reverie amid the revulsion, as LeRoy encounters China's "raven-haired beauties". You'll laugh away the tears with this riveting memoir!
"An adventure, a memoir, and certainly one of the more entertaining books about China before us today."San Francisco Review of Books
“Shows China in a ‘behind-the-curtain’ way that is informative, entertaining, and absolutely thrilling, even with the despairs and triumphs.”Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews
“A fascinating portrait of a time, a place, and a man for readers who want to know more about the ‘real’ China. Very well written and revealing.”G. Miki Hayden

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea

“It is perhaps too much to hope that my observations about China will be prescriptive, but at least I can offer the perspective of an outsider, and sometimes it takes an outsider to observe the obvious!” Starting in 2005 Abdiel LeRoy, British-American reporter, began his life in China as a teacher. T......more

Goodreads review by Grady

‘There are a kind of people among whom beer is a social currency.’ The handsome actor/former journalist/religion correspondent/author Abdiel LeRoy is a British-American whose life is largely inspired by the Bible, Shakespeare, and the great epic poem, 'Paradise Lost'. As a poet Abdiel embraces giant......more

Goodreads review by Amy

Another Great from LeRoy If he writes it, I will read, and yes, I've said that before. I have not only read the book, but I have also listened to this audiobook, so this review is for both formats. Dueling the Dragon was not LeRoy's usual prose or verse, but five stories that make up his creation. He......more