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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: The New Press (July 2, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1595588809
  • ISBN-13: 978-1595588807
  • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.7 x 8.1 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat overview of today's China from a bilingual, binational angle
By S. J. Snyder on July 23, 2011
Format: Hardcover
Just how bad is much of today's construction in China? So bad Chinese have their own term: "tofu dreg."

How bad is real estate "flipping"? They have their own term: "Stir fry building."

How much do thoughtful Chinese recognize the perils of trying to comment on these issues, reform their universities, and develop arts and literature in what is still a one-party state with growing economic inbalances? Very much.

And, in "Tide Players," Jianying Zha explains the details of all of that and more. With extensive time and academic study spent in the U.S. and U.K. as well as China, she has a good perspective, especially in analyzing the ambivalent feelings many Chinese have toward "sea turtles" that have spent extensive time abroad before returning home.

On issues of Chinese politics, she has a great deal of insight, beginning with the fact that her half-brother recently completed a nine-year prison term as a political dissident.

In an epilogue, she addresses questions of China's future, again from this same binational perspective.

That said, she's a bit more optimistic on China's future than I am. She largely ignores issues of pollution, resource consumption, and the rapid graying/demographic bell curve that lies in China's future. She also seems to skip over questions of just how much political reform will happen in China and how soon. And, speaking of pollution and resource consumption, it would have been nice to see a Chinese environmentalist among the "tide players."

The book is still a 5-star, though, for all the issues she covers before the epilogue.
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4.0 out of 5 starsInteresting
By Eileen Eastman on October 18, 2013
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It was fascinating reading how the various people covered were propelled to start on their path to success: the methods they used and the areas chosen. In a way their success is an illustration of how hard work, determination, perseverance and luck all played their part in their success.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA truly insightful book and highly recommend it!
By Doc Lover on November 24, 2013
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I've read many books on modern China, and this book is definitely among the best. The author gives candid yet nuanced accounts of several representative characters who have been shaped by and are also shaping China's recent development. The narrative goes much deeper than your average newspaper reporting to reveal the complex baggage and measured optimism of China and the Chinese people. A truly insightful book and highly recommend it!
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4.0 out of 5 starsChina's 'New' Entrepreneurs
By Amazon Customer on August 9, 2011
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Wonderful book by a brave and adventuresome woman from China who has lived in several U.S. cities, the UK and who has 'bounced' between them and China. This book is a collection of Zha's writings about the lives of several people in China who have been extremely successful despite impossibly poor beginnings.

Along the way, she describes some of the attitudes and beliefs of today's Chinese citizens struggling daily to make the transiton to modern Chinese life.

To me, this little book mirrors, in a way, a book that could have been written about a boisterous, often messy, complex young America and some of the people who made her great."
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5.0 out of 5 starsImportant Perspectives -
By Loyd Eskildson HALL OF FAME on December 9, 2011
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Hillary Clinton, along with virtually every other American politician, would have us believe that China's populace are 'dying' for Democracy. Thus, seemingly never-ending reports on the treatment of dissidents such as Liu Xiaobo, and excuses for not learning from their 30+ year economic miracle. Jiaying Zha, offers another, more useful perspective - China's movers and shakers are instead focused on achieving key personal goals, often involving business and money. Zha's perspective not only is more congruent with China's extremely vibrant economy, it also fits in with the most recent international Pew Poll finding that the Chinese are far more satisfied with their government and economy than are Americans.

Zha's epilogue outlines her own perspective - uneasiness with both the China-nation doomsayers and those making overly glowing evaluations. She also reminds that prior attempts to bring sudden change to China have resulted in either tyranny or disaster - incremental reform is much more preferable. Confucius himself sought balance, equilibrium.

The term 'tide players' refers to people swept along by, while also shaping the developments of their age. They push up to the edge of what is permissible, not never overstep the limit.

The book contains two sets of three chapters each - the first set dealing with entrepreneurs: a husband/wife team of developers, China's 'Best Buy' owner-equivalent (whose mother had been executed during the Cultural Revolution for criticizing Mao), and a former barefoot doctor favorite of Mao who became a printer/publisher.

The second set focuses on intellectuals, including the author's brother (once a toe-the-line Red Guard) who was jailed nine years for leading an opposition group.Read more ›
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