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China in Ten Words (十个词汇里的中国)

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Author: 
Yu Hua (余华)
Publisher: 
Pantheon; Tra edition
Type: 
Hardcover: 240 pages
Date: 
November 8, 2011

A look at contemporary China through essays written on ten Chinese terms, including “disparity” (差距), “grassroots” (草根), “copycat” (山赛), and “bamboozle” (忽悠). Part personal stories, part social analysis, this book—in the words of a reviewer for The Wall Street Journal—“captures the heart of the Chinese people.”

Recommended by Mi Ling.