Breaking Free: A Woman Engineer's Journey Through China's Roaring 90s

She walked away from everything—overbearing parents, a secure government job, and the suffocating expectations of a traditional family. Armed with nothing but her engineering degree and fierce determination, she plunges into China's wild coastal boom towns of the 1990s. In boardrooms dominated by men, she carves out her territory, witnessing the glittering promises and dark underbelly of real estate empires, construction giants, and cutthroat corporate politics. Between generational clashes and bittersweet farewells, she discovers that freedom comes with a price—and some regrets last forever.