This book, more so than any other I've read on China, best captures the country's current situation, challenges and contradictions. Osnos did a good job of weaving together the characters and themes that he explores--built around the triad of fortune, truth and faith--capturing the way that prosp... ...more

我觉得这本书更多是对信息的一种收集和整合感觉从这里开始作者没有走更远我不知道是不是他刻意而为比如他对这本书的期望就是介绍而不是发表自己对这个给国家的观点还是依然是由于语言和文化的隔阂他努力却无法发展出更深刻的想法也许对于中国仍然是一个进行中的问题所以他选择聪明的保持沉默和旁观而不是展现一种预言家的姿态

但是其中很多谈论的问题都可以更加深刻比如腐败贫富差距审查制度 ...more

Shenzhen landslide, December 2015

Tianjin explosion, August 2015

Oriental Star Cruise Ship Disaster, June 2015

There are a lot of China books out there. As China is a constantly changing country, I'm sometimes frustrated by how quickly outdated books become. However, if I had to recommend one boo... ...more

I dont think anyone could argue that Evan Osnos wasnt ambitious in this, his National Book Award-winning compendium of current Chinese political culture. Subtitled Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China, this book extends and expands essays hed already published in The New Yorker magaz... ...more

Age of Ambition won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2014, and no wonder. Nothing Ive read about the rise of China for many years has immersed me so deeply into the texture of life in that country or more memorably portrayed its yawning contradictions.

Twenty years ago, the extraordinary... ...more

Without permanent technology leadership, the West will have to leave the top podium

Please note that I put the original German text at the end of this review. Just if you might be interested.

Astonishing is the monopoly position of China in the discipline to kick back as a world power for a second... ...more

An interesting look at contemporary China by a journalist who has spent over a decade living there. Documents the cultural changes of a country in great flux, and tells the story of national changes through individual narratives. I was especially taken with the stories of educated young Chinese n... ...more

This is the best book I've read so far on China. It helps you understand the odd dichotomy of big government and free market capitalism that exists there. Something that the vast majority of westerns including myself fail to really understand. That is not a simple topic to summarize but the autho... ...more

This book was so well written and very interesting. I did not all that much about modern China--Osnos has a gift for exploring some of the tensions in the culture. His access to some of the people he profiles is remarkable. This is well worth the read. ...more

I look at Chinas meteoric rise in the past four decades with contradictory emotions. I admire the way they execute massive infrastructural projects like highways, bridges and high-speed rail at a rapid pace. I admire the way they have risen to the No.2 position in the world in just four decades.... ...more