The American Dream Alive and Well in China
The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 21, 2018
The American Dream promised better lives for those who worked hard, but upward mobility is more likely in China. Quoctrung Bui, graphics editor for The New York Times, and Javier Hernández, China correspondent at The New York Times, discuss their latest findings.
How can authoritarian China have the most optimistic population?@HernandezJavier says, obviously corruption and social problems persist, but for a lot of people it doesn't matter as much as rising out of poverty.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 21, 2018
