Chinese Young People

China has a "near hypnotic popular obsession with the United States: even if they hate it, they are still fascinated by it." Promoting more positive perceptions of the U.S. would pay great dividends.

The economic developments of the past year have moderated, but certainly not destroyed, the enthusiasm for freer markets among the future economic leaders of China's so-called socialist system.

The Vagina Monologues' appearance here captures a crucial moment of change in the way young Chinese women are thinking about their sexuality and their status.