Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China

By (author): Alec Ash. Journalist Alec Ash follows six young Chinese people born in the mid-to-late 1980s — including an underachieving son of a military family, an entrepreneur, an official's academic daughter, an online gamer, an aspiring entertainer and a rebellious fashion stylist — to portray the fast-changing generations coming of age in contemporary China. Through their intimate, individual stories, the book offers a vivid picture of what it means to grow up in modern China and hints at the country's future direction.