RaveThe Financial TimesAlec Ash’s book is a fine addition to the field, one of the best I have read about the individuals who make up a country that is all too often regarded as a monolith, but which abounds in diversity on multiple levels ... the book inevitably provokes the reader to ponder how this restless, ambitious generation can be contained by the mantras offered by Xi Jinping ... this book supplies much food for thought, informing the wider debate while retaining its value as a closely observed picture of how some Chinese live today.
