isolated country with a revolutionary regime whose red china cause had lost any global relevance. this chinese couple's parents were among the poorest people in the world with the fewest options. then came dong xiaoping, and his policies that opened china up to the market and the world. they have resulted not just in sustained piece and stability but what the economist jeffrey sachs has called the most successful development story in world history. for four decades, china's economy grew at almost 10 percent a year, and gdp per capita has jumped more than 25-fold. with this economic progress has come the creation of a new chinese society, much more open, more ambitious, and confident of its place in the world. it's only natural that people in china have a great measure of