China Daily journalist Erik Nilsson has traveled through every provincial-level jurisdiction on the Chinese mainland, covering poverty alleviation, disaster relief and government policy since 2006.
The then 33-year-old American became the youngest foreigner ever to win the China Friendship Award, the top honor the central government offers to experts from overseas for their “contributions to China s social and economic development”, in 2016. He has also won journalism awards from the provincial to international levels.
The Beijing-based journalist s videos have been viewed hundreds of millions of times across new media platforms since March 2017. The internet celebrity is known by Chinese netizens as “ 美国小哥 ”, or “American Brother”.
He has co-authored, co-compiled and edited 16 books on China in English and Chinese.
In 2011, Nilsson founded a volunteer initiative to bring solar panels, clothes, medicine, food and study materials to underdeveloped schools in Yushu s ethnic Tibetan nomadic communities. His group also provides surgeries, prosthetics and wheelchairs for children with disabilities and university scholarships for nomads from lowincome families.
目录 Acknowledgements Preface PART 1 THE EARTH WONT STAND STILL Birthdays at a mass grave New lives and a new zest for living Healing in time Time heals most wounds The power of persistence New homes and hopes amid tombstones Hero Pig saves the day The rebirth of hope Ghostly ruins Drying tears Trapped in times shadow Quake tourism saves survivors Dealing with disability Solving survivors intimate problems Rehabilitation advances recovery A fairy godmother story comes true A monk who saved lives and gave life Returning to Earth after 125 hours in hell A rogue excavators epicenter restaurant A farm home happy brings joy More beautiful than ever 13 towns lucky number comes up A black-and-white issue of survival Legions squeals are hells warning bells Building resistance from the ground up Sichuan stays strong Part 2 CLOSER TO HEAVEN The knife, the night and the light Illuminating the future A blurred moment of clarit Far-flung but not far-fetched Sharing an impossible smile Facing the world without a mask Camping with herders Living like a nomad Yak heads, mushrooms and bananas Beyond the big melt An oasis lessons flow beyond the desert The road to prosperity Road warriors journey to the west Part 3 FROM POVERTY TO PROSPERITY A legend comes true A virtual world in a real village Escaping old machete Solar-powered prosperity Lessons from leprosy Emus and nomads prowl Inner Mongolia Restoring fertility for men and deserts Serious potty talk Expect the unexpected in Tibet Part 4 THE YANGTZE DIARIES A secret pact, Fools Seeds and a golden bull Building an engine of growth. Taihus pearl shines anew A shopping paradise comes true Gut drones, livestreams and T-Rex Overcoming peak obstacles Kiwifruit, firewater and big data Postscript
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