Readers from all over the world, who areused to learning about China through foreignnewspapers, TV and the Internet, may nowopen up these books to see China through theheartfelt thoughts and writings of Chinesepeople themselves. The many authors ofthese new short stories, living in this rapidlydeveloping and changing, yet ancient nation,have strived to describe all that is happeningin and around themselves to give genuinedynamic expression to the intricate recentexperiences of the Chinese people. Throughthe power of their words you will be ableto catch glimpses of the real, complex andliving China, as well as other possibilities forall humanity, including yourself.