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The Contest for China’s Soul Will ambition or authoritarianism rule the day in modern China?

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Dan Blumenthal
June 13, 2014

Within the U.S. foreign-policy community, the debate concerning China’s trajectory can be lively and enlightening. But as with any Continue reading →

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Change and Conflict in Modern-Day China

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Change and Conflict in Modern-Day China

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Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China

by Evan Osnos (Author)

Evan Osnos, Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, describes the profound political, economic, and cultural upheaval occurring in China. In Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, Faith in New China, he describes the greatest collision taking place in that country: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party’s struggle to retain control. He asks probing questions about why a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any in history chooses to put strict restraints on freedom of expression and how two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth has affected Chinese from all walks of life.
A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation

From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy—or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don’t see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking their lives as their country dramatically changes.

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