Sep 29, 2012 03:13 PM

To Mecca With You

By all accounts, China's current middle class has far exceeded the popular expectations of the previous generation. Writer Jian Zhi traces the struggles of a new society from modern pressures and a derailed ideological system. Generations following those that experienced the Cultural Revolution are depicted adrift, guided only by materialistic drives.

CITIC Publishing House, 2012

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