Cultural Lexicon -- Wall Street JournalPeople, leader, reading, revolution, disparity, copycatand bamboozle—some words that serve as a springboard for critiques of China.
Yu Hua is one of China's most acclaimed novelists, hugely popular in his own country and the recipient of several international literary prizes. He brings a novelist's sensibility to "China in Ten Words," his first work of nonfiction to be published in English. This short book is part personal memoir about the Cultural Revolution and part meditation on ordinary life in China today. It is also a wake-up call about widespread social discontent that has the potential to explode in an ugly way.
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My Comment: This looks like a must read book on China. To my friends and love ones .... hint-hint .... Christmas is just 2 weeks away.
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