Zak Dychtwald
Auteur de Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World
Œuvres de Zak Dychtwald
Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World (2018) 29 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1990
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- Columbia University
- Courte biographie
- Zak Dychtwald moved to China after graduating from Columbia University. He has recently relocated to New York City where he has founded a think tank and consultancy focused on young China. A fluent Mandarin speaker, he spends nearly half of the year in China.
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Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 29
- Popularité
- #460,290
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 4
- Langues
- 1
Having picked this book up aware of only the most basic (and likely most stereotypical) facts about Chinese culture, it was a revelation from start to finish. Even had the focus of this work not been on the changes seen in young generations, it was super educational — I learned a ton about both traditional and contemporary culture. Some particularly eye-opening surprises included the percentage of young Chinese who are near-sighted and its speculative correlation with a memorization-centric education system, and that young adults today are significantly taller than their grandparents, many of whom grew up severely malnourished. Recommended for readers with interests in cultural awareness and global citizenship.… (plus d'informations)