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Wish Lanterns 

David Seddon

Alec Ash

Jill Waters

Wish Lanterns by Alec Ash: 4. Finding Their Way

Wish Lanterns

4. Finding Their Way

Wish Lanterns by Alec Ash

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Wish Lanterns by Alec Ash, 4. Finding Their Way

Exploring the lives of a group of  young Chinese, the 'one-child' generation of the '80s.

Exploring the lives of young Chinese and the graduates out in the workplace and under pressure to marry. Read by David Sneddon.

Dahai, Fred, Snail and Xiaoxiao have graduated. 

Now they have to find their own way - a place to live, a job and ultimately a life partner. The pressure to marry is considerable - on both young men and women. 

Continuing the stories of young Chinese lives, particularly those born under the one-child policy of the 1980s, as they seek to negotiate the expectations of those around them and their own inner desires for self-fulfilment.

Written by Alec Ash.

Read by David Seddon.

Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters.

A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2016.

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Exploring the lives of young Chinese, the 'one-child' offspring of the 1980s.

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