PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS: Four Women Face China’s New Social Order, by Yuan YangThere’s an unforgettable moment in Yuan Yang’s new book, when an idealistic university student is tasked with conducting a survey by going door-to-door to random addresses in Shenzhen, China’s manufacturing megalopolis. In one poor neighborhood, the female student asks a young man, living in a tiny apartment with four other adults and a baby, to rate his current job satisfaction. His immediate reaction is to ask whether she has been sent by the Communist Party.

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Persons: Yuan Yang There’s, Yuan Yang’s Organizations: Communist Party Locations: Shenzhen