Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Unreadable by the layman

This book is far too dense to be read by anyone (like me) without a thorough background of recent Chinese history and politics. Even though I am comfortable with pinyin, no way could I keep straight the constant barrage of names zipping by. No explanation is ever given for various Chinese political terms, many of which were not familiar to me. And there is no historical narrative present to unite the material and keep it interesting.If you are just an average joe/joan like me who wants to know more about China, don't waste your 28 bucks on this book.