Yuan Yang: How China is Changing

Yuan Yang’s revelatory book, Private Revolutions, tells the stories of four ordinary women grappling with, and influencing, China’s new social order. How are new generations navigating censorship, expectations, and ambition when caught between an authoritarian capitalist present and their hopes for the future? Hear the Financial Times journalist discussing her vital account of contemporary China at a time when the country is ever-more influential yet poorly understood by so many. Chaired by Jane Duckett.

Categories: Journalism, Nonfiction, Politics

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