"Geschichte." . . "Chiny" . . "Economic development China." . . "Politischer Wandel." . . "Politischer Wandel" . "HISTORY / Asia / China." . . "Authoritarianism China." . . "Soziales System" . . "Soziales System." . . . . . . . "Zai xin Zhongguo zhui qiu cai fu, zhen xiang he xin yang" . "\"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China 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 expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals--fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture--consider themselves \"angry youth,\" dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail\"--"@en . "\"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China 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 expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals--fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture--consider themselves \"angry youth,\" dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail\"--" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Ye xin shi dai : zai xin Zhongguo zhui qiu cai fu, zhen xiang he xin yang" . . . "野心時代 : 在新中國追求財富.真相和信仰" . . . "Große Ambitionen Chinas grenzenloser Traum" . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ye xin shi dai : zai xin zhong guo zhui qiu cai fu.zhen xiang he xin yang" . . . . "A young army captain who risked execution to swim from free-market Taiwan to Communist China. A barber who made $150 million in the gambling dens of Macau. The richest woman in China, a recycling tycoon known as the 'Wastepaper Queen'. Age of Ambition describes some of the billion individual lives that make up China's story - one that unfolds on remote farms, in glittering mansions, and in the halls of power of the world's largest authoritarian regime. Together they describe the defining clash taking place today: between the individual and the Communist Party's struggle to retain control. Here is a China infused with a sense of boundless possibility and teeming romance. Yet it is also riven by contradictions. It is the world's largest buyer of Rolls Royces and Ferraris yet the word 'luxury' is banned from billboards. It has more Christians than members of the Communist Party. And why does a government that has lifted more people from poverty than any other so strictly restrain freedom of expression? Based on years of research, Age of Ambition is a stunning narrative that reveals China as we have never understood it before." . . . "Grosse Ambitionen : Chinas grenzenloser Traum" . . . . "野心時代 : 在新中國追求財富、真相和信仰" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Age of ambition : chasing fortune, truth and faith in the new China" . "Age of ambition : chasing fortune, truth and faith in the new China"@en . . "Age of ambition chasing fortune, truth and faith in the new China" . . . . "Age of ambition chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new China" . . . . "在新中國追求財富、真相和信仰" . . . . "Age of ambition : chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new China"@en . "Age of ambition : chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new China" . "\"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation\"--" . . . "\"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation\"--"@en . . . . "在新中國追求財富.真相和信仰" . . . "\"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China 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 expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals--fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture--consider themselves \"angry youth,\" dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail\"-- Publisher's website."@en . "\"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China 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 expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals--fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture--consider themselves \"angry youth,\" dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail\"-- Publisher's website." . . . . . . . "\"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China 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 expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals--fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture--consider themselves \"angry youth,\" dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail\"--Del editor." . . . . "Zai xin zhong guo zhui qiu cai fu.zhen xiang he xin yang" . . "China" . . "China." . "Farrar, Straus and Giroux." . . "Individualisme Chine." . . "Changement social Chine." . . "Modernisierung" . . "Modernisierung." . "OverDrive, Inc.," . . "Peking" . . "Peking." . "Individualism." . . "Social change China History 21st century." . . "Economic development China History 21st century." . . "Social conditions." . . "Since 1976" . . "Développement économique Chine." . . "Autoritarisme Chine." . . "Sozialer Wandel" . . "Sozialer Wandel." . "Social change." . . "Social change" . "Chine" . . "Cambio social China." . . "Geschichte 2005-2013." . . "Geschichte 2005-2013" . "Civilization." . . "Individualismo China." . . "Desarrollo económico China." . . "Manners and customs." . . "Social change China." . . "Gesellschaft" . . "Gesellschaft." . "Wirtschaftsentwicklung." . . "Wirtschaftsentwicklung" . "Handboeken (vorm)" . . "Zhong guo." . . "中國" . "Autoritarismo China." . . "Zmiana społeczna Chiny 1990-." . . "Individualism China." . . "Since 2000" . . "Economic development." . . "Economic development" . "She hui sheng huo." . . "社會生活" . "Authoritarianism." . . "Oost-Azië." . . "Politisches System" . . "Politisches System." . "Politics and government." . . . .