China In Ten Words
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What’s it about?
Through ten everyday words, Yu Hua dissects modern China's soul—from Cultural Revolution trauma to capitalist chaos—in a memoir that feels like a conversation with a wise, wounded friend.
You’ll learn
- How 'People' masks deep fragmentation
- The leader as mirror of national psyche
- Reading as rebellion and lost art
- Why 'Copycat' is a survival strategy