Self-Introduction: A Dream and Pain of a Township Party Secretary

Author: Gu Wenfeng
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The author is a postgraduate in sociology, a section chief in a provincial government agency, and a party secretary on loan to a township. His diverse identities and unique experiences give the book extraordinary value: It is a profound analysis of the effectiveness of grassroots governance by a thinker, and a faithful record of the current state of people's livelihoods by someone who has been there, done that. The book is filled with passion, strikes at flaws, and uses sharp but sincere language. It clearly distinguishes right from wrong without losing tolerance, exposes contradictions without losing reason, and cuts through the truth like a sharp knife, revealing the real profile of grassroots governance and the state of people's livelihoods in China today. In the tide of reform, it shows both the beauty and ugliness, the right and wrong, law and emotion, power and principle, civilization and barbarism, poverty and wealth, restlessness and endurance. All of these intersect and are displayed here, vividly shocking and substantial enough to make one reflect. And this is far more than just the author's dreams and pains—it is not just the dreams and pains of that distant and remote township!