China Candid
China Candid: The People on the People's Republic is a book written by Chinese journalist Sang Ye.
It is the second book of interviews Sang has been involved in, following co-authorship with Zhang [Xinxin (writer)|Zhang Xinxin] on Chinese Profiles, revised as Chinese Lives.
The author interviewed thirty-six citizens of the People's [Republic of China]; each chapter of the book is a transcript of each interview turned into a single narrative flow, as if the interviewed person is talking alone during the whole interview, without interruptions from the journalist.
Some people the author has interviewed are:
- a new tycoon
- a worker coming to Beijing from the countryside
- a young athlete
- the founder of a private orphanage
- a prostitute
- a computer hacker