Description
From one in every of China’s most acclaimed writers: a unique, intimate take a look at the Chinese experience during the last several decades.
Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular, China in Ten Words uses personal stories and astute analysis to reveal as never before the world’s most populous yet oft-misunderstood nation. In “Disparity,” as an example, Yu Hua illustrates the expanding gaps that separate citizens of the country. In “Copycat,” he depicts the escalating trend of piracy and imitation as a creative new type of revolutionary action. And in “Bamboozle,” he describes the an increasing number of brazen practices of trickery, fraud, and chicanery which might be, he suggests, becoming an approach to life at each level of society. Witty, insightful, and courageous, it is a refreshingly candid vision of the “Chinese miracle” and all of its consequences.