Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Getting Nowhere in China 4
7. 2. Chongqing 16
8. 3. Chaos, Reform and Inequality 31
9. 4. The Wish Tree 59
10. 5. The Chinese Dream 82
11. 6. Unhappy Families 104
12. 7. Educational Pressure, Hope and Despair 129
13. 8. Failing Health 151
14. 9. Lifelong Financial Insecurity 170
15. 10. Exodus from the Suffering Land 184
16. 11. Losers and their Losses 196
17. 12. Trauma without Recovery 220
18. 13. The Power of the Powerless 233
19. 14 Plutocrats in the Leviathan 252
20. Afterword: What next for China? 272
21. Notes 275
22. Bibliography 286
23. Index 293