An ethnographic study of China’s new elites and their rarified world of debauchery and corruption: “A must have book for China studies” (Choice). This pio
Three decades of reform since 1978 in the People’s Republic of China have resulted in the emergence of new social groups which have included new occupations a
Two leading experts on China evaluate its rise throughout the past one hundred fifty years, sharing portraits of key intellectual and political leaders to expla
" In 1978, China launched economic reforms that have resulted in one of history’s most dramatic national transformations. The reforms removed bureaucratic obs
Including sections on class, status and power, agency and structure and life style the book develops the concept of the New Rich further in light of China’s a