Focus: The Lifestyle of China's Special Populations: The Lifestyle of China's Special Populations

Author: Yang Xiaosheng
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The author, a female journalist, changed her name and disguised herself as a down-and-out woman, conducting a solo undercover investigation in the "second wife village" by the Shenzhen River. Over a span of 60 days, she exposed the chilling realities and inner truths of the "second wives."
Table of Contents:
The Freedom of a County Party Secretary
I despise those who, after becoming minor officials, call themselves or each other "parents of the people." They eat the people's food, drink the people's drinks, and wear the people's clothes. How is it that with an extra hat and decorations on their heads, they suddenly claim to be the "parents of the people," becoming the "parents who feed and clothe the people"? Power comes from the people, and official hats are given by superiors. Promotions, demotions, and disgrace are decided by superiors, not by the people. That is the essence of the issue.
The Rise and Fall of a Reform Pioneer to a Death Row Inmate
The True Confessions of a Woman Abducted and Sold
Sixty Days in Shenzhen's "Second Wife Village"
The Soulful Regrets of a Death Row Inmate
The author, a female journalist, changed her name and disguised herself as a down-and-out woman, conducting a solo undercover investigation in the "second wife village" by the Shenzhen River. Over a span of 60 days, she exposed the chilling realities and inner truths of the "second wives."