Prisoner Of The State

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 306 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: 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 Chinas army moved in, killing hundreds of students and other demonstrators, Zhao was placed under house arrest at his home in Beijing. Chinas 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 Chinas 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 Chinas 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, Zhaos voice has the moral power to make China sit up and listen.

ISBN: 9781847376978