Little Emperors and Material Girls I. b. tauris

China is the world s fastest-growing economic powerhouse; everybody knows this. But behind the headlines a once-in-a-generation cultural and sexual revolution is taking place - all in the bars, cafés and streets of China s growing mega-cities. Welcome to this new China. Writer and journalist Jemimah Steinfeld meets the young people behind the world s fastest-moving nation to unveil their attitudes towards love, life and sexuality. Little Emperors and Material Girls introduces the people at the heart of this world, from the man training students in the arts of love to the women who work the red-light districts; from the company trying to sell sex toys to China s middle classes to the Sino-punks of Beijing s bar scene. Prepare to see China in a whole new light.