The Great Ride of China is the story of Buck Perley and Amy Mathieson’s 21,000-mile, record-breaking motorcycle trip around one of the world’s oldest and most diverse countries. As the story follows Buck and Amy through all 33 provinces of Mainland China, the reader will have an opportunity to not just learn about the challenges they encountered along the road, but also about a country in transition. Experiences that include 20-mile traffic jams in the center of coal country, visits to cities whose histories span millennia, and a chat with a resident of a cave dwelling equipped with satellite TV offer a unique view into a country that, today, is often heard of but rarely understood.