PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS. GROWING UP IN THE NEW CHINA - YUAN YANG

Discover a fascinating story about growing up in a dynamically changing China. Yuan Yang's book is an investigative report that shows the fate of women born during China's turn towards capitalism. Get to know their aspirations, challenges and courage in the search for stability and a better life.

• Insightful look at Chinese society
• Personal stories of four extraordinary women
• Current picture of the human costs of China's economic development
• Seven years of thorough investigative reporting
• Inspiring story about courage and perseverance
• Vivid portrait of modern China

Yuan Yang, as deputy editor-in-chief of the "Financial Times" editorial office in Beijing, observes the fate of Chinese women with extraordinary sensitivity. She sees common threads in their biographies, which show the difficulties they face in the search for financial stability. This book is the result of her seven years of journalistic work, which allows us to follow the life journeys of June, Siyue, Leiya and Sam.

June and Siyue are among the few residents of their village who graduate from high school and pave their way to Beijing. June as a young specialist, Siyue as an entrepreneur. Leiya, like Siyue, lives in the countryside with her grandparents, longing for a different life. Sam, who grew up in a middle-class family in the city, becomes an activist who stands up for the rights of employees.

Women struggle with the policies of the authorities, which threaten their companies, make access to education difficult and do not allow them to freely choose their place of residence. Their fates build a vivid, up-to-date and accusatory picture of the hitherto unnoticed human costs that China's economic development has entailed. The book "Private Revolutions" is a moving story about the courage and perseverance of all those who have been swept away by this development.

W.A.B. Publishing House presents this book in paperback, with 368 pages in 210x140 mm format. The year of publication is 2025.