Author Jonathan Chatwin will join the Pottery Workshop Shanghai to talk about his new book, "Long Peace Street: A Walk in Modern China," that takes us on a walk down Beijing's Chang'an Avenue. Long Peace Street cuts a long, arrow-straight line through the center of China's historic capital, dividing the Forbidden City, home to generations of Chinese emperors, from Tiananmen Square. To walk the street is to travel through the story of China's recent past, wandering among its physical relics and hearing echoes of its dramas. Along the way, Chatwin tells the story of how the present and future of the world’s rising superpower has been shaped by its past, from the demise of its last imperial dynasty to the present day.