China’s Wild Hearts with Evan Osnos

Schulder speaks with The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos. This week Osnos was named a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his book “The Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China.” Ambition in Mandarin means “wild heart.” The wild hearts of China are driving that country’s 24/7 economic growth. In his conversation with Michael in front of a live audience at last summer’s Nantucket Book Festival, Osnos relays the stories of individual Chinese who have taken grit to a new level. Now, if you’re worried about China, Osnos says his book may help you sleep better at night. Let’s see.

 

Michael Schulder: From a Researcher at ABC News; To a Writer at The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour on PBS; To my five years as a Writer for Peter Jennings at ABC World News Tonight; And 17 years as a Senior Executive Producer at CNN.

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