China: Special Focus: Selected Excellent Reportage

Author: Xie Mian et al. (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Look Good Anthology is a newly launched collection of outstanding contemporary essays by Huayi Publishing House. This volume includes 10 excellent reportage works by 10 authors, including Wang Chengjia, Qu Lan, Cheng Wenchao, Zhang Yawen, and others. The themes cover current China's highly debated issues such as education reform, cybercrime, online dating, social discrimination against hepatitis B carriers, and the phenomenon of "second wives' villages" in Shenzhen. It serves as a shortcut to understanding China's information society in the era of a market economy. Among them, the documentary writings of Cheng Wenchao, who passed away in 2004, describe his decade-long struggle against cancer with exceptional authenticity and emotional depth, inspiring readers to persevere.
Selecting dozens or hundreds of articles from hundreds of thousands of works published annually in thousands of newspapers and magazines across the country is indeed a risky and challenging task. Fortunately, what we are compiling is merely a collection of enjoyable readings, with the sole criterion being whether the content is appealing. In other words, our selection is not intended to create a literary ranking, nor to choose so-called classics or premium works, nor to conduct literary competitions or awards. We sincerely approach this with the perspective of an ordinary reader, maintaining a calm and composed attitude, driven by the public's reading interests. We strive to discover and gather those works that can attract readers, pique their curiosity, and transform reading into a joy and an enjoyment.
Through this spiritual and cultural consumption, we hope to rekindle the freshness and softness in the hearts of readers who have become rough and numb due to the relentless grind of the market economy and social life. We aim to moisten the dry eyes of those who have long lost their touch with emotions. While not all appealing articles are necessarily masterpieces, all masterpieces are bound to be appealing and deeply loved by the public.
Dear readers, if you feel your hearts warm up or are touched and inspired while reading this collection, then as editors, we have fully fulfilled our original intention.