With a great charm and spirit, <b>&#8220;Socialism Is Great!&#8221;</b> recounts Lijia Zhang's rebellious journey from disillusioned factory worker to an organizer in support of the Tiananmen Square demonstrators, to eventually become the writer and journalist she was always determined to be. Her memoir is like a brilliant miniature illuminating the sweeping historical forces at work in China after the Cultural Revolution, as the country transformed itself from being a nation of stark repression to a one with a vibrant, capitalist economy.