Bibliograph

Prisoner of the state, the secret journal of Zhao Ziyang, translated and edited by Bao Pu, Renee Chiang and Adi Ignatius ; foreword by Roderick MacFarquhar

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Prisoner of the state, the secret journal of Zhao Ziyang, translated and edited by Bao Pu, Renee Chiang and Adi Ignatius ; foreword by Roderick MacFarquhar

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Prisoner of the state

Responsibility statement

translated and edited by Bao Pu, Renee Chiang and Adi Ignatius ; foreword by Roderick MacFarquhar

Sub title

the secret journal of Zhao Ziyang

Summary

How often can you peek behind the curtains of one of the most secretive governments in the world? Prisoner of the State is the first book to give readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhoa Ziyang, the man who brought liberal change to that nation and who, at the height of the Tianamen square protests in 1989, tried to stop the massacre and was dethroned for his efforts

Target audience

adult

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Secret journal of Zhao Ziyang

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