“Deng Xiaoping made a calculation. He bet on demographics. What he knew was that China had this enormous population of young, underemployed people, people who he could move from the farms to the coast and put them to work in factories, and that would be the lifeblood of China's economy.”

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About Evan Osnos

American journalist and author

Evan Lionel Richard Osnos is an American journalist and author. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2008, and is known for reporting on politics and foreign affairs, especially in the United States and China. Since 2016, he has also written about the world’s wealthiest individuals. His 2014 book, Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, won the National Book Award for nonfiction.

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