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What is Wish lanterns : young lives in new China about?
""One of the best [books] I've read about the individuals who make up a country that is all too often regarded as a monolith."--Jonathan Fenby, Financial Times If China will rule the world one day, who will rule China? There are more than 320 million Chinese between the ages of sixteen and thirty. Children of the one-child policy, born after Mao, with no memory of the Tiananmen Square massacre, they are the first net native generation to come of age in a market-driven, more international China. Their experiences and aspirations were formed in a radically different country from the one that shaped their elders, and their lives will decide the future of their nation and its place in the world. Wish Lanterns offers a deep dive into the life stories of six young Chinese. Dahai is a military child, netizen, and self-styled loser. Xiaoxiao is a hipster from the freezing north. "Fred," born on the tropical southern island of Hainan, is the daughter of a Party official, while Lucifer is a would-be international rock star. Snail is a country boy and Internet gaming addict, and Mia is a fashionista rebel from far west Xinjiang. Following them as they grow up, go to college, find work and lov
Who reads Wish lanterns : young lives in new China?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Alec Ash
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishers Limited
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781447237969
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Social Science, Travel, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (123 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14