After spending five years as a correspondent in China for the New Yorker magazine, Evan Osnos has written one of the books that best explains the complex reality of the Asian giant at a crucial moment in its history. The book analyzes three major themes - the search for prosperity, attempts at democratic openness and spirituality; with the omnipresent presence of the Communist Party. The book also gathers the testimonies of different citizens, some anonymous and others as famous as Ai Weiwei, the artist who has dared to denounce the abuses of the macro state immersed in this Age of Ambition. This unbridled race for wealth affects all strata of Chinese society and threatens to break the social stability that has been the key to its success.