num_pages: 240
description: From one of Chinas most acclaimed writers his first work of nonfiction to appear in a unique intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the countrys meteoric economic and social transformation. Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacularpeople leader reading writing Lu Xun (one of the most influential Chinese writers of the twentieth century) disparity revolution grassroots copycat and bamboozle China in Ten Words reveals as never before the worlds most populous yet oft-misunderstood nation. In Disparity for example Yu Hua illustrates the mind-boggling economic gaps that separate citizens of the country. In Copycat he depicts the escalating trend of piracy and imitation as a creative new form of revolutionary action. And in Bamboozle he describes the increasingly brazen practices of trickery fraud and chicanery that are he suggests becoming a way of life at every level of society. Characterized by Yu Huas trademark wit insight and courage China in Ten Words is a refreshingly candid vision of the Chinese miracle and all its consequences from the singularly invaluable perspective of a writer living in China today.
language: English
title: China in Ten Words
publisher: Pantheon