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As China opens itself to the world and undertakes historic economic reforms, a little girl in the southern city of Guangzhou immerses herself in a world of fantasy and foreign influences while grappling with the mundane vagaries of Communist rule. She happily immigrates to Oakland, California, expecting her new life to be far better in all ways than life in China. Instead, she discovers crumbling schools, unsafe streets, and racist people. In the land of the free, she comes of age amid the dysfunction of a citys brokenness and learns to hate in the shadows of urban decay. This is the unforgettable story of her journey from China to an American ghetto and how she prevailed.--------------------------Direct and unvarnished, this book describes the endless possibilities of a free society that allows its citizens to chart their own destiny.
About the Author
Ying Ma writes regularly about China, international affairs and the free market. Much of her writing and research explores the nexus between political and economic freedom, especially with respect to China's rising influence on the global stage. Her articles have covered issues such as the Internet revolution, democratization, climate change and state capitalism, and have appeared in The Wall Street Journal Asia, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The Weekly Standard, National Review Online, Policy Review and other publications. More information is available at http://yingma.org.
