In a generation, China shifted from 70 percent villagers to two-thirds city dwellers, with vast economic improvements. However, political systems have stagnated or regressed, raising questions about the country's progress.
The disparity is illustrated by Peter Hessler's experience teaching in China in 1996 and then in 2019, where students' backgrounds, heights, and clothing choices reflected the monumental societal shifts occurring in the country.
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