
Amid one of the biggest crackdowns on dissent in years, a dystopian science-fiction novel has become an unlikely rallying point for China's disaffected. Shanghai-born Chan Koonchung's thriller The Fat Years is a thinly veiled critique of life in modern China.
Set in 2013, its presents a world in which China has taken over as the leading economy, and the people are revelling in their prosperity. A sense of euphoria has descended, and it is coupled with collective amnesia about the past.
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