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Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New ChinaPulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalist Winner of the 2014 National Book Award in nonfiction An Economist Best Book of 2014 Winner of the bronze medal for the Council on Foreign Relations' 2015 Arthur Ross Book Award 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
Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalist
Winner of the 2014 National Book Award in nonfictionAn Economist Best Book of 2014 Winner of the bronze medal for the Council on Foreign Relations' 2015 Arthur Ross Book Award 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.
As the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos was on the ground in China for years, witness to profound political, economic, and cultural upheaval. In Age of Ambition, 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: Why does a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any civilization in history choose to put strict restraints on freedom of expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals-fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture-consider themselves angry youth, dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth?
Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 05/05/2015
ISBN: 9780374535278
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 06/14/2015 pg. 24
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★★★★★ 5
Cute and beautiful
Format: Board book
It’s cute and merry sixteen month old loves it
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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Optimal Quality
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This book is sturdy, colorful and cute. The baby likes it, so we are happy we got it. The whole collection is worthwhile, and is very well designed for little hands. The baby is now 18 mo old.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2023
★★★★★ 5
The book was beautifully illustrated.
Format: Board book
This book is perfect for a 2 year old to help to explain being kind.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2022
★★★★★ 2
Lazy quality
Format: Board book
My book came with a big, ugly, torn off sticker across the front. We collect the Babies Love books for our baby and I just really did not appreciate the ugliness of the outer cover. Seems like laziness to not remove that before sending it to a paying customer.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2025
★★★★★ 3
Just ok
Format: Board book
Love the concept of teaching baby kindness. The words in this one miss the mark unfortunately. This is not one of our favorites.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2024