CHASING DREAMS
The common man in China today
Alec Ash and Rob Schmitz, two writers with books recently published on China, will be at Asia House to give a talk offering fresh perspectives of China in the 21st century.<br> <br>While the media regularly focuses on Xi Jinping and his dream of China’s great renewal, this talk will instead give a bottom-up perspective of modern life in China, with the writers using personal narratives collected for their books to give the common man in China a voice that is rarely heard. The talk will emphasise the immense diversity in modern China and discuss the great ‘Chinese dream’ that the nation supposedly shares.<br> <br>Rob Schmitz is author of <br>Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road (May 2016) andAlex Ash is author of Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China (June 2016). <br> <br>A Q&A will follow the talk and copies of both books will be available to buy at the event.<br><br><br>18:45 - 20:00<br> <br>(Picture credit: Philip Jägenstedt)<br>