{"product_id":"9781595588807","title":"Tide Players: The Movers and Shakers of a Rising China","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTide Players\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed author Jianying Zha depicts a new generation of movers and shakers who are transforming today’s China. In a half-dozen sharply etched and nuanced profiles, \u003ci\u003eTide Players\u003c\/i\u003e captures both the concrete detail and the epic dimension of life in the world’s fastest-growing economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 counterrevolutionary 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZha’s insightful insider-outsider portraits garnered nationwide acclaim, as they offer a picture of a China that few Western readers have seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047030374640,"sku":"9781595588807","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595588807_p0.jpg?v=1763811529","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595588807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}