"China is geographically shaped like a chicken. I know this because a Chinese local, who learned English out of a textbook probably outdated a hundred years, proudly introduced his country: 'China is shaped like a cock!'" A quick, entertaining, and insightful read. This book illuminates the China you were always curious about, but maybe too embarrassed to ask. China: where is all that money coming from, why are Asian Females such terrible drivers, and will it really rule the world? Only in China could you fall into the glamorous expat life of having a personal driver, maid, and private Mandarin tutor-only to quickly learn that your "help" are all richer and more financially savvy than you. A 50-year-old maid's family was so poor during the communist Mao era, they bought their son a wife in exchange for a watch. Decades later, that same maid bought her daughter a nose job, and accidentally turned her into a model. In China today, a new luxury mall magically appears the week you go on vacation. Weekends are spent at fabulous pool parties. Yet this authoritarian state is still far from democratic-just ask Chinese mothers who create "dating resumes" to pimp their children out at marriage fairs. Based on the globally successful blog 'Funky Chicken' by a Chinese-American expatriate in Shanghai, experience this amusingly honest resident's view of the most influential country in our lifetime.