Paper Tiger (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
416
Utgivningsdatum
2015-09-24
Upplaga
UK Airports ed
Förlag
Head of Zeus
Översättare
Michelle Deeter, Nicky Harman
Dimensioner
234 x 153 x 33 mm
Vikt
674 g
ISBN
9781781859797

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Paper Tiger (häftad)

Paper Tiger

Inside the Real China

av Xu Zhiyuan
Häftad Engelska, 2015-09-24
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In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world's second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society.Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China's great transformation is taking place, from Beijing's Silicon district to a cruise down the Three Gorges; he profiles China's dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei and Chen Guangcheng; and explores lesser-known stories of scandals that rocked China but which most people outside that country did not hear about - and which shed troubling light on China's dark heart.Xu Zhiyuan understands his homeland in a way no foreign correspondent ever could. PAPER TIGER is a unique insider's view of China that is measured and brave, ambitious in scope and deeply personal.
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'A young journalist of considerable acumen and courage, Xu writes of the discontents and dreams of the everyday China' TLS. 'This is a book that will most definitely be contending for 2016's best title ... With remarkable clarity, Xu serves an almost sublime invective, with a grace and composure that almost contradicts the strength of the criticism and quiet outrage that he enacts' Bleg.jigokuki.org. 'Identifies the consequences of an authoritarian state struggling to control a society developing at a breakneck speed ... Xu sounds a warning about the new leader who, he says, believes that "China will become a great power only once all of its citizens believe the same thing"' Daily Telegraph. 'Compelling and important ... it is a powerful account' Sunday Telegraph. '[Xu] does everyone interested in China a valuable service. Great political and moral questions loom, and it is not just "hostile foreign forces" asking them. As Xu notes: "History always exceeds our expectations." I suspect that in Paper Tiger he has published a more optimistic volume than he realizes' Financial Times.

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Xu was born in Beijing in l976. He was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University from 2009 to 2010. He is editor-in-chief of the Chinese edition of Business Weekly and writes columns for the FT.