Title: Out of the Gobi Pdf My Story of China and America
Weijian Shan's Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Americans view China, and how the Chinese view life in America.
Shan, a former hard laborer who is now one of Asia's best-known financiers, is thoughtful, observant, eloquent, and brutally honest, making him well-positioned to tell the story of a life that is a microcosm of modern China, and of how, improbably, that life became intertwined with America. Out of the Gobi draws a vivid picture of the raw human energy and the will to succeed against all odds.
Shan only finished elementary school when Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution tore his country apart. He was a witness to the brutality and absurdity of Mao’s policies during one of the most tumultuous eras in China’s history. Exiled to the Gobi Desert at age 15 and denied schooling for 10 years, he endured untold hardships without ever giving up his dream for an education. Shan’s improbable journey, from the Gobi to the “People’s Republic of Berkeley” and far beyond, is a uniquely American success story – told with a splash of humor, deep insight and rich and engaging detail.
This powerful and personal perspective on China and America will inform Americans' view of China, humanizing the country, while providing a rare view of America from the prism of a keen foreign observer who lived the American dream.
Says former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen: “Shan’s life provides a demonstration of what is possible when China and the United States come together, even by happenstance. It is not only Shan’s personal history that makes this book so interesting but also how the stories of China and America merge in just one moment in time to create an inspired individual so unique and driven, and so representative of the true sprits of both countries.”
A unique insight into the experiences that moulded the current generation of Chinese leadership An unvarnished and evocative account of a little understood time in modern Chinese history that brings to life the experiences of an entire generation. The book captures Shan’s spirit of resolve, pragmatism and optimism in the face of seemingly insurmountable, impersonal & exhausting odds at once inspiring as well as sobering, as the reader honestly questions whether they could have made it through the other side of those hard years in the Gobi. Beyond survival, the fact that a whole generation endured what it did yet managed to not only forgive the system that created such misery but integrate with it and end up leading it, is food for thought as the rest of the world undergoes differing degrees of political turmoil and engagement.I can’t help but consider whether the prevailing narrative that the Chinese leadership are in a “weaker” position than their US counterparts in the current trade disputes is really valid; if one considers the life paths each had to follow to reach their current position, elucidated by this very story, I would wager on the Chinese side’s toughness, pain tolerance and patience far outlasting Donald Trump’s.At the end of the book, I find myself hoping the author continues with a sequel about his experiences doing business with and in China over the last 25 years, a story that will be fascinating for altogether different reasons.Highly recommended!If you read one book about China, and about not giving up, read Shan's Memoir! My memory of China's Cultural Revolution was the day when Mao died in 1976. I just started school in Yantai, a seaside city in Shandong province in eastern part of China. My mom, a teacher in my elementary school and other adults were all crying. Funeral music played everywhere for days. Shan's book drew a vivid picture of what was like to be a teenager during the crazy times in China. He also depicted what was going on internationally at the beginning of each chapter, making the cultural revolution look even more unthinkable.Shan's success can be attributed to the normalization of US-China relations and China's open door policy. Without Deng Xiaoping's education and economic reforms, I cannot imagine what would happen to Shan in the Gobi. During his earlier times in the U.S., he benefited greatly from the friendly and generous American people. He is a success story of US-China relations.Shan's book is also about the importance of education. Cultural revolution kept him out of school for more than 6 years, but he never stopped reading and learning. He pushes himself to face life's challenges one after another, but he never gave up. As a mom of two young boys, I hope they will read Shan's book when they are older. Readers of "Hillbilly Elegy" and "Educated" may enjoy the book too. It is about surviving in unthinkable harsh environment, education and grit. It is about making impossible become possible. Shan is a remarkable human being!If you enjoyed Unbroken and Man's Search for Meaning... I received this book yesterday and finished it within a day as I could not put it down. This is an incredible story of one man's exile and survival in the Gobi Desert during China's Cultural Revolution. This book really reminded me of Unbroken and Man's Search for Meaning. The author's story is nothing short of a miracle.
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