How to understand China, please read
Publisher: CICC.
Brand：CICC.
ISBN：9787508520872
Paper Size：16K
Publication date：2011-05-01
Paper：offset paper
Number of pages：231
Content Introduction.
This book is a compilation of some of the most important and in-depth stories taken on by China Dailys award-winning Cover Story team in 2010. In order to fulfill their mission, China Dailys dedicated teams have traveled across China to listen to the voices of people on the ground. These stories cover various aspects of common Chinese peoples life, recording their sorrow, hope and survival in the face of disaster. Both real content and rich details will help readers touch and taste common Chinese peoples daily life.
Catalog.
contents
Eye on China
Bodyguards a safe investment for rich
Poor patients dicing with their lives
They survived SARS, but live in agony
Copy-making vs profit-making
Magazines turning new page in battle for readers
Human flesh search could turn predatory
Donors kept in the dark on where money goes
Nuclear reaction to tourist attraction
Misconceptions about contraception
AIDS and the elderly
Gay rights in China: Road to respect
Migrants cash in on labor shortage
‘Ants’ feel the bite of being forced out
View from the villages
Radical treatment for healthcare
Trade in trigger-happy towns
‘Work widows’ suffer in silence
From land to luxury
Green NGO drives change at grass roots
‘Strangers’ return to a frosty village welcome
Getting past the class divide
Taking the flicks into the sticks
Travelers make final stretch for reunions
Unlike parents, young migrants won’t take their fate lying down
Fight against AIDS has a long way to go
Democracy takes root in rural areas
Home alone in the countryside
City life
‘I will never give up my search’
Foreign faces there for rent
When love no longer reigns for ‘kings & queens’
Springing the Net to reconnect
Couples become easy prey in tube baby boom
Heartache of childless couples
Short-term gain vs long-term strain
Bidding fashionable farewell to the dead
Too good to waste as rubbish is chic
Bid to make the way to heaven smooth
Eking out a living is becoming burden
Underpaid, overworked and ignored
Ancient cures for modern ills
Prejudice forcing men off wards
Foreword/Preface.
Introduction
Voices from the Ground is a compilation of some of the most important and in-depth stories taken on by China Daily’s award-winning “Cover Story” team in 2010. “Cover Story” was launched on March 1, 2010, as part of the newspaper’s fifth redesign in 30 years. Its mission is to look deep into the heart of China and find the people and places that are driving the rapid change in this vast nation. This book contains just some of the many topics covered by our dedicated team of Chinese and foreign journalists and photographers, from social changes affecting millions of people to innovative business trends involving billions of dollars. They have traveled across China and the world to listen to the voices of those on the ground, to record their tales of sorrow, their tales of hope and their tales of survival in the face of disaster. From the countryside to the cities, our reporters talked to people at the center of some of the world’s most pressing issues: the financial crisis, humanitarian and disaster relief, disease prevention, political and social conflicts. Meet the coastal factory owners facing labor shortages, the “post-1980s” couples struggling to stick together, the Wenchuan earthquake survivors rebuilding their lives and the “Ant Tribe” graduates searching for a sense of belonging.
There are also a lot of the works featured in this book focusing on China’s 240 million migrant workers. Dubbed by many as the “engine” powering the nation’s rapid growth, their lives reflect the successes and setbacks of almost every aspect of China’s political, economic and social reforms. Follow a bricklayer as he makes his annual pilgrimage to his family home for Chinese new year; meet the family of a worker stabbed when he fought for unpaid wages; witness the struggle of village women returning from the cities, and share the dreams of laborers with grand plans of their own. In just a short time, “Cover Story” has become one of China Daily’s most important features, going on to win both national and international acclaim. This is testament not only to the “Cover Story” team’s unwavering efforts, but also to those across other areas of the newspaper that have provided vital support and advice. By enjoying this book, I hope you will gain a better understanding of the changes ongoing in China, as well as the efforts China is making to better understand the world.
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