Age Of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China

In today’s China a great collision is taking place: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party’s struggle to retain control. Why does a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any civilization in history choose to put strict restraints on freedom of expression? Why do millions of young, English-speaking Chinese professionals consider themselves “angry youth,” dedicated to resisting the West’s influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth?

Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition, is a staff writer at The New Yorker, based in Washington, DC, who writes about politics and foreign affairs. From 2008 to 2013, he was the magazine’s China correspondent.

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Merrill House
170 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10065-7478

Continental breakfast served at 8:00 AM. Presentations begin at 8:15 AM, followed by a question-and-answer session from 8:45 to 9:15 AM.

RSVP at http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/calendar/data/0501.html











When: Thu., May. 15, 2014 at 8:00 am - 9:15 am

In today’s China a great collision is taking place: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party’s struggle to retain control. Why does a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any civilization in history choose to put strict restraints on freedom of expression? Why do millions of young, English-speaking Chinese professionals consider themselves “angry youth,” dedicated to resisting the West’s influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth?

Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition, is a staff writer at The New Yorker, based in Washington, DC, who writes about politics and foreign affairs. From 2008 to 2013, he was the magazine’s China correspondent.

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Merrill House
170 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10065-7478

Continental breakfast served at 8:00 AM. Presentations begin at 8:15 AM, followed by a question-and-answer session from 8:45 to 9:15 AM.

RSVP at http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/calendar/data/0501.html

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