RaveHarvard Magazine... beautifully written ... nuanced ... the most compelling accounts in Age of Ambition involve neither politics nor fame, but instead the extraordinary experiences of absolutely ordinary citizens ... among the many themes and insights that make Age of Ambition such an absolute must-read, one in particular gives pause for thought. As so many of Osnos’s profiles underscore, there is so much more to China today than the politics ... What Osnos relates with such clarity...is that among the myriad acts of self-transformation unfolding in China today, many...display utter indifference toward the state, the Communist Party, and every other official articulator of the \'Chinese Dream.\' The party state may control the symphonic melody, but Chinese society is grooving to a decidedly different beat.
