Single women making their way in the city. A villager using technology to find a seat in the Communist Party. These (and many other) stories gloriously portray the vibrant faces of China, as economic growth delivers bewildering riches to a generation still grappling with what it all means. “It was good, she thought, to be young, to have a weekend, to be free,” Bayi, thinks, even if her work as a “Hotline Girl,” answering calls for the Government Satisfaction Office is joyless. It’s still hers. Chen is especially gifted at exploring the very essence of China, even in far-flung America.
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