Three readers could pick the story written by Curtis Sittenfeld; another calls the experiment unfair. Also: Afghan women; athletes and crowds; pro-union workers.
“Some see in his critique of the Mao era parallels to today: the arbitrary rule of an aging leader, harsh treatment of dissent, and government programs that encourage people to inform on one another.” My profile of the octogenarian essayist Gao Ertai, who lived for years in the deserts of western China and now resides in Las Vegas.
In “Prisoner of Lies,” Barry Werth tells the story of a young C.I.A. operative who spent two decades waiting out the postwar era in a Chinese jail cell.
The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?
The author Peter Hessler posed a question with an elusive answer: How could Chinese society open up so profoundly while its politics stagnated or even regressed?
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