Afterward

The afterward of China Inside Out is mostly a review and wrap up of the ten previous chapters.  Dodson makes smooth transitions from giving a quick summary of what was stated in the chapter, sometimes even repeating what was said in the chapter, like when he mentioned China is the canary in the coalmine of the world again, and giving some new information on the topic to help conclude what he has to say.  Dodson does in a way explain why his whole book presents important information for other people, but I feel it is more so done in the way of presenting facts about what China is doing and how it will affect others, including us in the United States.  Dodson does not really mention what doing this research meant to him personally, which is a big part of our research papers.  I’m sure it did have an importance to him since he wrote a whole 200+ page book, but maybe the most important thing to him was informing his readers.