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Another Kind of Waste  is Zhang Guan's first novel. The simplified Chinese Edition of the novel Who Has Time Failed was published in 2007. The simplified Chinese Edition of the novel was abridged, also changed name when it was published. The traditional Chinese edition of the book was published in 2015, this is the unabridged edition and the name of the novel is back to its original name "Another Kind of Waste".

The novel shows the situation of high school students in China now. Wang Xiaoshi is a high school student in China. Every day, he tries to have fun in the boring Chinese style of studying live which is only for the exam. His classmate Old 7(nickname) is the one who has his own individual thoughts. He likes reading books that are out of textbooks, he does not like this kind of education in China, and he often conflicts with teachers and students in this system. Wang Xiaoshi is not as extreme as Old 7, but he supports him. Wang Xiaoshi likes a girl named Jia Liang in his class. However, the girl falls in love with Xiaoshi’s friend Ou Ou. Xiaoshi and Ou Ou become rivals in love. Xiaoshi’s classmate and friend, Sun Yiting, is depressed because the stress of her learning has taken a step backwards... After the college entrance examination in China, Xiaoshi feels empty in his heart, and finally, he loses all of his friends for different reasons. He suddenly discovers that he has lost his youth, which is the age likes flowers.

This is a black humor novel, the characters in the book create many funny things. The novel reveals the reality of Chinese high school students’ educational environment, encounter and emotional changes of these students, which shows a cruel young story and lets people introspect.