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Private Revolutions

Coming of Age in a New China - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE A Financial Times, New York Times, and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year 'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' - VOGUE'Could be a Netflix series, for family,... Read More
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A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women, each striving for a better future in an unequal society.

A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women, each striving for a better future in an unequal society.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE

A Financial Times, New York Times, and Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year

'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' - VOGUE
'Could be a Netflix series, for family, violence and romance abound' - IRISH TIMES
'A portrait of China through four women who refused to accept the life laid out for them. Incredible' - SUNDAY TIMES
'A revelatory, moving and tender tale of hopes, fears and change' - Peter Frankopan

Yuan Yang, the first Chinese-born British MP, tells the stories of four Chinese women striving for a better future in an unequal society. From June, who dreams of going to university rather than raising pigs, to Sam, forced into hiding as her activist peers are lifted from the streets, this is a singularly immersive portrait of a rapidly changing nation – and of the courage of those caught in the swell.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526655875

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 222g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Yuan Yang was born in 1990 in China, where she lived with her grandparents for four years before her parents brought her to the UK. She returned to China as an adult, posted there as a correspondent for the Financial Times; after the mass expulsion of journalists from China in 2020, she was one of the few journalists writing in English left in the country. She moved back to the FT's London headquarters as their first China-Europe Correspondent, and in 2024 she was elected as the Labour MP for the new constituency of Earley and Woodley. She is the first ever Chinese-born MP in UK history. Private Revolutions is her first book.

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