{"product_id":"tide-players-9781595586988","title":"Tide Players","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTide Players,\u003c\/em\u003e acclaimed New Yorker contributor and author Jianying Zha depicts a new generation of movers and shakers who are transforming modern China. Through half a dozen sharply etched and nuanced profiles, \u003cem\u003eTide Players\u003c\/em\u003e captures both the concrete detail and the epic dimension of life in the world's fastest-growing economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZha's vivid cast of characters includes an unlikely couple who teamed up to become the country's leading real-estate moguls; a gifted chameleon who transformed himself from Mao's favorite “barefoot doctor” during the Cultural Revolution to a publishing maverick; and a tycoon of home-electronic chain stores who insisted on avenging his mother, who had been executed as “a counter-revolutionary criminal.” Alongside these entrepreneurs, Zha also brings us the intellectuals: a cantankerous professor at China's top university; a former cultural minister turned prolific writer; and Zha's own brother, a dissident who served a nine-year prison term for helping to found the China Democracy Party.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply engaging, lucid, and poignant, Zha's insightful “insider-outsider” portraits offer a picture of a China that few Western readers have seen before. \u003cem\u003eTide Players\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand today's China.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jianying Zha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283746074875,"sku":"9781595586988","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b1dc7505-86fd-4c1f-a078-2d14bd330d59.jpg?v=1771382081","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/tide-players-9781595586988","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}