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Zhao Ziyang

 
9781439149393: Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
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ISBN 10: 1439149399 ISBN 13: 9781439149393
Editorial: Simon & Schuster, 2010

Sinopsis

Premier Zhao Ziyang reveals the secret workings of China's government behind the Tiananmen massacre—and why he was deposed for trying to stop it.

Prisoner of the State is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, the man who brought liberal change to China and who was dethroned at the height of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 for trying to stop the massacre. Zhao spent the last years of his life under house arrest. An occasional detail about his life would slip out, but scholars and citizens lamented that Zhao never had his final say.

But Zhao did produce a memoir, secretly recording on audio tapes the real story of what happened during modern China’s most critical moments. He provides intimate details about the Tiananmen crackdown, describes the ploys and double crosses used by China’s leaders, and exhorts China to adopt democracy in order to achieve long-term stability. His riveting, behind-the-scenes recollections form the basis of Prisoner of the State.

The China that Zhao portrays is not some long-lost dynasty. It is today’s China, where its leaders accept economic freedom but resist political change. Zhao might have steered China’s political system toward openness and tolerance had he survived. Although Zhao now speaks from the grave, his voice still has the moral power to make China sit up and listen.

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ZHAO ZIYANG was the Premier of China from 1983 until 1987 when he became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, a position he held until 1989 when he was deposed and put under house arrest until his death in 2005.

Adi Ignatius is an American journalist who covered China for The Wall Street Journal during the Zhao Ziyang era. He is currently editor in chief of the Harvard Business Review.

Bao Pu, a political commentator and veteran human rights activist, is a publisher and editor of New Century Press in Hong Kong.

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Editorial
Simon & Schuster
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1439149399
ISBN 13 
9781439149393
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
336
Editor
Ignatius Adi, Bao Pu, Chiang Renee
Contacto del fabricante
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ISBN 10:  1439149380 ISBN 13:  9781439149386
Editorial: Simon & Schuster, 2009
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