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To ask other readers questions about country driving, please sign up. Hessler, beijing correspondent for the new yorker and contributor to national geographic, tells the story of his travels through china over the past decade. Country driving by peter hessler overdrive rakuten. Peter hessler is a staff writer at the new yorker, where he served as the beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for national geographic.
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