Prisoner of the State
The Secret Journal of Chinese Premier. Forew. by Roderick MacFarquhar
(Sprache: Englisch)
A moving and riveting memoir exposing Chinese politics from behind the scenes, from ex-Premier Zhao Ziyang
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A moving and riveting memoir exposing Chinese politics from behind the scenes, from ex-Premier Zhao Ziyang
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How often can you peek behind the curtains of one of the most secretive governments in the world? Prisoner of the Stateis the first book to give readers a front row seat to the inner workings of China. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, the man who brought liberal change to that nation and who, at the height of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, tried to stop the massacre and was dethroned for his efforts.When China's army moved in, killing hundreds of students and other demonstrators, Zhao was placed under house arrest at his home in Beijing. China's most promising advocate for change had been disgraced, along with the policies he stood for. The Premier spent the last 16 years of his life, up until his death in 2005, in seclusion. China scholars often lamented that Zhao never had his final say.
As it turns out, Zhao did produce a memoir, in complete secrecy. He methodically recorded his thoughts and recollections on what had happened behind the scenes during many of modern China's most critical moments. The tapes he produced were smuggled out of the country and form the basis for Prisoner of the State. In this audio journal, Zhao provides intimate details about the Tiananmen crackdown; he describes the ploys and double-crosses China's top leaders use to gain advantage over one another; and he talks of the necessity for China to adopt democracy in order to achieve long-term stability.
A moving and riveting memoir, Zhao's voice has the moral power to make China sit up and listen.
Autoren-Porträt von Zhao Ziyang
Bao Pu, a political commentator and veteran human rights activist, is a publisher and editor of New Century Press in Hong Kong. Renee Chiang is a publisher and the English editor of New Century Press in Hong Kong. As a teacher in Beijing in 1989, she was an eyewitness to the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Adi Ignatius is an American journalist who covered China for the Wall Street Journal during the Zhao Ziyang era. He most recently served as Time magazine's deputy managing editor.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Zhao Ziyang
- 2009, 336 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 16,2 x 3,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Transl. and ed. by Bao Pu, Renee Chiang, and Adi Ignatius
- Verlag: CRW Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1847376975
- ISBN-13: 9781847376978
Sprache:
Englisch
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