Life Inside China

What This Book Covers

1. Prologue
2. Chapter One - Waking Up in Shenzhen
3. Chapter Two - The Work Week
4. Chapter Three - Your Phone is the Country
5. Chapter Four - School for the Party
6. Chapter Five - What You Can’t Say
7. Chapter Six - What You Can’t Search
8. Chapter Seven - Eating, Shopping, Living
9. Chapter Eight - Family Loyalty, State Loyalty
10. Chapter Nine - Why People Don’t Leave
11. Chapter Ten - The Masks We Wear
12. Chapter Eleven - The Quietest Place in the Room

Excerpt

PROLOGUE WHAT’S IT LIKE to live in China? It depends who you ask. Some will tell you it’s one of the safest countries in the world. That the trains are fast, the cities clean, the culture proud, the government stable. And that’s all true — in a way. Others will whisper about cameras on every street, firewalls on every screen, and a fear that lives under the tongue. And that’s true too — in a different way. This book doesn’t take a side. It just takes a walk. Through cities of concrete and LED. Through morning commutes and festival nights. Through schools, screens, kitchens, parks, job sites, and family homes. Through the rhythm of life in a country that moves to its own beat — fast, loud,...