Focus China: The Lifestyle of Special Groups

Author: Yang Xiaosheng, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The author, a female journalist by profession, changed her name and disguised herself as a down-and-out woman, conducting a solo undercover investigation in the "second wife village" along the Shenzhen River. Over a period of 60 days, she exposed the chilling realities and inner truths of the "second wives."
Table of Contents:
A County Party Secretary's Freedom
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 can a little hat and decorations on their heads make them think they should be the "parents of the people" and become 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.
From Reform Pioneer to Death Row Inmate: The Fate of "China's Cigarette King"
The True Confessions of a Woman Abducted and Sold
60 Days in Shenzhen's "Second Wife Village"
The Soulful Regrets of a Death Row Inmate
The author, a female journalist by profession, changed her name and disguised herself as a down-and-out woman, conducting a solo undercover investigation in the "second wife village" along the Shenzhen River. Over a period of 60 days, she exposed the chilling realities and inner truths of the "second wives."