“When I was a student there in the mid-1990s, they had just created the weekend; depth and individuality were slowly returning after the austere, colorless low of the 1970s. When I returned to live in China from 2005 to 2013, the country was building everything anew.”

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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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