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The empire of lies : the truth about China in the twenty-first century / Guy Sorman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sorman, Guy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Politics and government--2002-.
- China.
- China--Politics and government--1976-2002.
- China--Social conditions--2000-.
- China--Social conditions--1976-2000.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- American ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Encounter Books, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Before the totalitarian reign of Mao Zedong and his immediate successors, never in human history had an entire nation been under such intense surveillance. The Chinese not only had to speak alike; they had to think alike. Traveling to China regularly since 1967, and spending all of 2005 and 2006 there, Guy Sorman saw it all, and in this jaw-dropping book, he documents the horrifying stories of China through the 21st century. He shows how the Party's primary concern is not improving the lives of the downtrodden; it seeks power more than it seeks social development. It expends extraordinary
- Contents:
- Prologue
- The Myth of China
- 1. The Dissenters
- 2. Wild Grass
- 3. The Mystics
- 4. The Dispossessed
- 5. The Downtrodden
- 6. Skewed Development
- 7. Shadows of Democracy
- 8. The Savage State
- 9. The End of the Party
- 10. The Republicans
- 11. A Moral.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612487729
- 9781282487727
- 1282487728
- 9781594032844
- 159403284X
- OCLC:
- 609854431
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