Age of ambition chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new China
"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 corruptio...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Fortune. Unfettered
- The call
- Baptized in civilization
- Appetites of the mind
- No longer a slave
- Cutthroat
- Acquired taste
- Truth. Dancing in shackles
- Liberty leading the people
- Miracles and magic engines
- A chorus of soloists
- The art of resistance
- Seven sentences
- The germ in the henhouse
- Sandstorm
- Lightning storm
- All that glitters
- The hard truth
- Faith. The spiritual void
- Passing by
- Soulcraft
- Culture wars
- True believers
- Breaking out
- Epilogue
- Notes on Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
