From the Dragon's Mouth: 10 True Stories that Unveil the Real China

by Ana Fuentes

Overview

WHO ARE THE CHINESE?

Through on-the-ground interviews, Ana Fuentes uncovers the real China and offers a panoramic look at Chinese culture from the point of view of its citizens. She spent nearly 4 years living and working in China and discovered a world few have written about . . . until now.

FROM THE DRAGON’S MOUTH: Ten True Stories that Unveil the Real China is an exquisitely intimate look into the China of the 21st century as seen through the eyes of its people. This is the first time that a book combines the voices of everyday Chinese people from so many different layers of society: a dissident tortured by the police; a young millionaire devoted to nationalism; a peasant-turnedprostitute to pay for the best education for her son; a woman who married her gay friend to escape from social pressure, just like an estimated 16 million other women; a venerable Kung-Fu master unable to train outdoors because of the hazardous pollution; the daughter of two Communist Party officials getting rich coaching Chinese entrepreneurs in the ways of Capitalism; among others.


ANA FUENTES is a journalist whose reports have been broadcast on three continents by Radio Netherland, Prisa Radio, CNN en español and others. Ana holds a degree in Journalism from the Complutense University in Madrid and the Sorbonne University in Paris, and a Master’s in Journalism from El País and the University Autonoma in Madrid.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142427385
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/10/2013
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

ANA FUENTES is a journalist whose reports have been broadcast on three continents by Radio Netherland, Prisa
Radio, CNN en español and others. Ana holds a degree in Journalism from the Complutense University in Madrid and the Sorbonne University in Paris, and a Master’s in Journalism from El País and the University Autonoma in Madrid.
She spent nearly 4 years living and working in China and discovered a world few have written about . . . until now.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

1 Rich Kids 1

2 Kidnapped by His Own Government 21

3 A Gay Husband Is Better Than None 44

4 Silence: The Master Speaks 61

5 Plunging into the Sea of Business: China's Entrepreneurs 83

6 Living Underground 104

7 China 2.0 124

8 A Prostitute in Secret 147

9 Beijing, Seen from a Taxi 167

10 The Dark Side of China 189

Acknowledgments 217

Notes 221