The Promise of the Revolution: Stories of Fulfillment and Struggle in China's Hinterland

by Daniel B. Wright

The common Western image of China is confined to the large cities of the country's relatively wealthy east coast. But what does the country look like to most Chinese, those from the vast hinterland? This text reflects on the day-to-day realities of the hundreds of millions of people in China's interior regions, in the 50 years after Communist takeover. China's millions lay in abject poverty. What has become of the promises of revolution? Has anything changed? Based on years of observation and conversation at grassroots level in Guizhou, western China's poorest province, this text provides a personal account of China's hidden majority.

216 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2003