Why does it seem to be so hard for the rest of the world to figure out this monolithic power-house that is China?
Authors Jianying Zha, Linda Jaivin and Paul French present an image of an evolving society that emerges from a defensive, stealthy, suffocating and almost blurry atmosphere to become a roaring consumer-driven semi-capitalist culture thanks in great part to "the blood and tears" of its working population.
