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Income quadrupling. Second-largest GDP in the world. China’s growing wealth and power has attracted much attention, but often at the 35,000-feet level. To come down to earth, read Ian Johnson’s Wild Grass, a book consisting of three vignettes about how China’s rapid growth is transforming its society and the everyday lives of its people. It is a fascinating and very human account that is all too often missing in discussions of China’s rise.