Getting Rich First: Life in a Changing China - Softcover
Welcome to the new China, a nation in perpetual fast forward - where cities rebuild themselves in double quick time, peasants leave the land in their millions, and parents scratch their heads as the young generation embraces pop culture, the internet and the sexual revolution, while the new middle-classes rush to enjoy previously unimaginable lifestyles, the ruling Communist Party struggles to keep up with shifting values among calls for a more open media and society and an ever-growing wealth gap.
Through individual stories, former BBC correspondent Duncan Hewitt paints a memorable picture of China in all its complex, contradictory, often startling reality.
Through individual stories, former BBC correspondent Duncan Hewitt paints a memorable picture of China in all its complex, contradictory, often startling reality.
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"A brilliant insider's account of life in the new China... tender and often shocking" (Sunday Times)
"A lively and human portrait of a society living in extraordinarily interesting times" (Scotsman)
"A perceptive, detailed and entertaining exploration of the tumult that is modern china" (Times Literary Supplement)
"Captivating... A remarkable guide to the faultlines in China today" (Asian Review of Books)
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"A lively and human portrait of a society living in extraordinarily interesting times" (Scotsman)
"A perceptive, detailed and entertaining exploration of the tumult that is modern china" (Times Literary Supplement)
"Captivating... A remarkable guide to the faultlines in China today" (Asian Review of Books)
'A gripping account of modern China’s transformation: Duncan Hewitt introduces us to the new Chinese -- the entrepreneurs and the migrant workers, the ambitious students and the young lovers, the real estate agents and restaurant owners, the performance artists and those who search for new faiths. This is living history written from the inside.'
John Gittings (author of The Changing Face of China).
John Gittings (author of The Changing Face of China).
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0099488795
- ISBN 13 9780099488798
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages480
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: In good condition. The peasant revolutionary turned lifestyle guru, the former Shaolin monk working on a Shanghai building site, the once-conservative father running a gay hotline - and the teenagers who just want to dress up as their favourite Japanese cartoon characters - welcome to the new China, a nation in motion, where whole streets are rebuilt in a week, car ownership is soaring, education goes private and rural workers migrate to the cities in search of a better life.It is a transformation that has swept through the country since the first economic reforms of the 1980s, when Deng Xiaoping announced that China would have to 'let some of the people get rich first'. But while many have benefited under the new 'aspiration nation,' others are struggling to keep up in what is now one of the most divided societies on earth. Former BBC correspondent Duncan Hewitt lives and works in China and has witnessed first hand the impact and speed of these vast social and economic upheavals. His timely book speaks with the voices of everyday people as they learn to adapt to one of the most rapid transformations in human history. Seller Inventory # 23423134
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