"180 Days Abroad with the Chinese Locals" is from an American, who worked and lived in China and learned the Chinese way of life from the locals.

Aldo’s life drastically changed in July 2013. Five days after his MBA graduation ceremony, he was on an airplane to China. For 180 days, he resided in Langfang (Hebei province) with locals at "Yang Guang Jai He," a community that doesn’t have a street address and is unknown on Google Maps. Aldo worked for a Chinese corporation; was an English teacher at a five employee Chinese startup, and he traveled to different cities throughout the People's Republic of China (PRC), which included Langfang, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Beijing, and Shanghai.

Aldo talks about how a "when in doubt, send it out" moment resulted in an unexpected journey of a lifetime. He shares how he was able to adapt to an entirely different lifestyle and culture and pop the culture-shock bubble in a short amount of time. Aldo discusses the unforeseen surprises, his memorable moments, the highs and lows, Chinese business practices, the aftermath of Langfang, and so on. He doesn’t claim to be a subject matter expert on the Chinese way of life. With the help of some Chinese locals, and from the many conversations Aldo had logged in a journal, "180 Days Abroad with the Chinese Locals" reveals topics that textbooks and classrooms don’t tell us about China from a real-world point of view.