Out of Mao's shadow
Subtitle: the struggle for the soul of a new China
By: Philip P. Pan.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781416537052
Subjects: China -- Social conditions -- 1976-2000; China -- Social conditions -- 2000-; China -- History -- 1949-
Description: A vivid chronicle of the world's most successful authoritarian state. Pan, who reported from China for seven years, eluded the police and succeeded in going where few Western journalists have dared. From the rusting factories in the industrial northeast to a tabloid newsroom in the booming south, from a small-town courtroom to the plush offices of the nation's wealthiest tycoons, he takes us inside the battle for China's soul and into the lives of individuals struggling to come to terms with their nation's past and to take control of its future. Capitalism has brought prosperity and global respect to China, but the Communist government continues to resist the demands of its people for political freedom. The young people who filled Tiananmen Square in the spring of 1989 saw their hopes for a democratic China crushed, but Pan reveals that as older, more pragmatic adults, many continue to push for justice in different ways.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I: Remembering. The public funeral ; Searching for Lin Zhao's soul ; Blood and love ; The cemetery; title: Pt. II: No better than thieves. Arise, slaves, arise! ; The rich lady ; The party boss; title: Pt. III: Struggle session. The honest doctor ; The newspaperman ; The people's trial ; Blind justice.