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The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese People Fear the Future Hardcover – July 30, 2012

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A path-breaking study of ordinary Chinese people and how they perceive their lives and opportunities in modern China

Glossy television images of happy, industrious, and increasingly prosperous workers show a bright view of life in twenty-first-century China. But behind the officially approved story is a different reality. Preparing this book Gerard Lemos asked hundreds of Chinese men and women living in Chongqing, an industrial mega-city, about their wishes and fears. The lives they describe expose the myth of China's harmonious society. Hundreds of millions of everyday people in China are beleaguered by immense social and health problems as well as personal, family, and financial anxieties—while they watch their communities and traditions being destroyed.

Lemos investigates a China beyond the foreigners' beaten track. This is a revealing account of the thoughts and feelings of Chinese people regarding all facets of their lives, from education to health care, unemployment to old age, politics to wealth. Taken together, the stories of these men and women bring to light a broken society, one whose people are frustrated, angry, sad, and often fearful about the circumstances of their lives. The author considers the implications of these findings and analyzes how China's community and social problems threaten the ambitious nation's hopes for a prosperous and cohesive future. Lemos explains why protests will continue and a divided and self-serving leadership will not make people's dreams come true.

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Yale University Press
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July 30, 2012
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'The End of the Chinese Dream challenges everything we believe about China. This is a book that must be read by anyone who struggles to understand the greatest experiment underway in the world today.' - John Gray, Emeritus Professor of European Thought, London School of Economics, and author of False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism -- John Gray

“A much-needed and remarkably well-timed glimpse into the underbelly of this Asian tiger…original…in the rigor and the depth of its human storytelling.”―Geoffrey Cain, The New Republic

-- Geoffrey Cain ― The New Republic

“Given the number of books on China that are out there already, it is probably reasonable to ask whether we need any more. [This book] suggests that the answer is “yes”.—Elizabeth Economy, Asia Unbound -- Elizabeth Economy

“[Lemos] nails the anxiety middle-class Chinese are feeling…he performs a valuable substantive service by exposing the dark side of China’s rise.”—Wall Street Journal ― Wall Street Journal

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Gerard Lemos, a social policy expert, was a visiting professor at Chongqing Technology and Business University between 2006 and 2010 and chaired the board of the British Council from 2008 to 2010. He lives in London.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press (July 30, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300169248
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300169249
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches

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James M. Hammond

Chinese Dreams

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2012

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It was an interesting experiment in social expectations and concerns about the future of a great people. I think his depressing predictions about the possibilities for change in China are realistic but I think change will occur in an unpredictable way just like the demise of the USSR. I did recognize some experiences the author had which verified some of my personal experiences in China. I think one area he touched on that brings hope to the people of China is the movement towards religions including Christianity. I perceived a great hunger for religion when I was in China just like the author.

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Chinese Heartland Under The Microscope

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2012

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British academician, Gerard Lemos, with four years of exposure and study of an intereior Chinese megacity details the strengths, but mostly the severe injustices and depravity experienced by the Chinese masses. The erosion of their health benefits, very high unemployment, government takeover of their lands for construction, and frustration with systemic corruption are highlighted.

Cultural Chinese elements such as how superstitious they are and their love of gambling are little known to the outside world. They love their dogs, but have no problem eating non-pet canines.

In spite of their extreme difficulties, they find support in family and community often in the shadow of, and allies between the new tall buildings often shoddily built and little occupied.

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Claude F2

A very disappointing book

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2013

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Gerard Lemos created an very innovative method to ask regular Chinese people about their dreams and expectations, and conducted five separate data gathering sessions, three in Chongqing and two in Beijing. This could be the basis for some new and thoughtful analysis of the current situation in China. Unfortunately, rather than a offering a scholarly analysis of the results, he proceeds to string together snippets of comments to substantiate his all too obviously pre-existing opinions about China.

Lemos follows the well-trodden European tradition of applying one's familiar societal solutions to places and systems he does not know. He makes sweeping claims that are unsubstantiated and so broad as to be incredible. To illustrate, on Page 216 he writes: "Inadequate social protection in China and the incentives and pressures it creates to save rather than spend distorts the entire global trade." His biases come through in such description of the Politburo Standing Committee as "the most powerful cabal at the top of China's political structures." It would not occur to most readers to describe the UK or US Cabinets as "cabals", so why write this about the Chinese system of government rather than offer a thoughtful critique? Further, none of his broad points are the results of his research, but the existing opinions of other authors.

The book ends up being a summary of other people's work, overwhelmingly westerners and Chinese refugees in the West. It is very telling that in the over 150 entries in the bibliography, fewer than 5 come from Chinese sources in China, and many are simply newspaper and magazine articles. If you want a summary of the negative western views and prejudices about contemporary China, this is a fine tome. If you are looking for new insights into the Laobaixing (common man) psyche, this is not it.

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CHINA # 1

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NOT TRUE believe me........ they're rippin' us to shreds

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2012

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This is a decent book. Worth reading. It's difficult to do justice to this subject but the author has made a genuine effort.

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Harold Kellman

Not the China I Saw

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2012

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I have been going to China since 2006 - the same year that Gerald Lemos was a visiting professor at Chongqing Technology and Business University. I usually hire a Chinese national who speaks Mandarin to show me around China for 14 to 17 days and see four cities. I have been to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou among other places in China. I make a point to see
families and how they spend their time on Sunday's. Typically, there is a grandfather, son or daughter and grandchildren flying kites together. Uniformly, the families are happy and optimistic
about the future. Most of the young Chinese I meet (age 21 to 34) tell me that the 21st century is "China's Century" or "Asia's Century". In 2006 they all wanted to be Bill Gates. In 2010 they wanted to be Steve Jobs (before his health issues were reported). I am going back to China this fall and will see Xi'an and Chongqing. The "frustration, anger, sadness and fearfulness" Gerald Lemos describes
sounds more like the I-5, I-10 and route 99 communities I saw in California since 2009. These cities included Stockton and San Bernardino.

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Maybe Hal should visit the Apple factories

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2012

Hal misses the point of this book. He and thousands of other tourists and foreign reporters are never allowed to peek behind the false veneer and see the China that the government doesn't want you to see. How about starting with a tour of the Apple computer factories where so many workers are committing suicide that they had to install nets to catch them as they jump off the roof.

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Another side of China

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2012

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This is a fascinating analysis of what ordinary people in China are experiencing in the latest transformation of their country, from farming to industry, from country to city, from low-rise to high-rise, from family to individual. By asking four simple questions and analysing their candid and sometimes heart-rending written answers, Lemos has managed to discover the deep insecurities afflicting many, if not most, of today's Chinese population. This books looks behind the huge economic growth rates and rapidly expanding infrastructure to reveal what the changes mean for ordinary people who have nobody to help them with new education costs, healthcare charges and care of the elderly. The effects of the one-child policy are starkly revealed. Endemic corruption and the self-serving activities of the ruling oligarchy make matters worse. The role of the Communist Party in everyday life continues to be profound and Lemos is not optimistic that the new form of Chinese anxiety will be relieved soon.

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An excellent overview of the experiences and views of ordinary Chinese ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2016

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An excellent overview of the experiences and views of ordinary Chinese people in their changing country. I felt a little overwhelmed by the detail at times, but that is what gives the book its richness and breadth.

marc thesmar

changements en chine

Reviewed in France on November 9, 2012

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ce livre sur la Chine est fascinant
surtout actuellement alors que les responsables politiques changent
Et ils parlent a present de la corruption
Les dirigeant vont devoir changer beaucoup de choses, un peu comme les Americains apres la victoire d'Obama
Eh oui, la roue tourne, et les gens et les circonstance changent vite de nos jours
Il faut esper qu;ils ne vont pas se "hater trop lentement?"

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