China in Ten Words

"From one of China's most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country's meteoric economic and social transformation. Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular... China in Ten Words reveals as never before the world's most populous yet often 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."--Publisher description.