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**Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalist Winner of the 2014 National Book Award in nonfictionAn Economist Best Book of 2014 Winner of the bronze medalfor the Council on Foreign Relations’ 2015Arthur Ross Book AwardA vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history ofChina 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 ex

Who reads Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China.?

Author

Osnos, Evan.

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374280741

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Fiction, Travel

Rating

4.23 / 5 (79 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13