Life Learned Abroad: Lessons on Humanity from China is about how placing yourself in a new environment allows you to refresh your philosophy and reexamine life's fundamental issues. *** In August 2010, American Brandon Ferdig went to live in China for eleven months. What is it really like in China? Through photographs and word, this book shows us. And that's just the start. Ferdig shares his observations and the insights gained in areas such as education, poverty and wealth, freedom, sex and relationships, and treatment of animals and nature. And more than just observing, Ferdig gained these insights by participating in ways that found him onstage, in a parade, in homes sharing meals, up a mountain practicing martial arts, touring a factory, photographing a protest, going on a date, and more. This picture-rich book reveals that the same social and personal issues are dealt with by people worldwide. Seeing them addressed in a place so different from one's own, however, allows for a new angle and a better understanding. In all, this book is about China, about the United States, and about humanity.