thiook recou ntsp;the i ife storiesp;over the pastdecade of ordinary chinese people engaged innot―so-ordinary work,including a shield tunnelingmachine operator,piano tuner,industrial designer, online-shop owner,patent agent aigital copyright sewice provider.through thesenarratives,readersp;can intimately sense the rapidchangesp;in the last ten yearsp;acrossp;china.