Chen Guangcheng
In "The New York Times Book Review", Jonathan Mirsky described it as "eloquent and comprehensive." In the "San Francisco Chronicle", Minxin Pei called it "by far the most thoughtful and well-crafted work on China written by an American journalist in recent years.” "The Economist", in an unsigned review, questioned the emphasis on Ai Weiwei and dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng "whose well-documented lives and causes take up a little too much of the narrative."