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The author, an American journalist, tells the story of a few ordinary people in China, including Polat, an ethnic minority seeking freedom in the United States; Anne, a migrant factory worker; and Chen Mengjia, a scholar of oracle bone inscriptions. The author uses these people to explore twenty-first century China, which is seen through their eyes.
An American journalist living in Beijing offers an intriguing odyssey through twenty-first-century China as seen through the eyes of a handful of ordinary people, including Polat, a member of an ethnic minority seeking freedom in the U.S.; Anne, a migrant factory worker; and Chen Mengjia, a scholar of oracle bone inscriptions. Reprint.