Opis: In the Shadow of the Rising Dragon

Over the last decade China has undergone a transformation. After the dark days of the Cultural Revolution, it has emerged as one of the twenty-first century's most powerful economies, with millions of citizens now entering the middle class. Yet, despite these rapid changes, China's human rights record remains abysmal, and a heavy shroud of secrecy protects the one-party system from accountability. In In the Shadow of the Rising Dragon, Chinese citizens from all walks of life share their stories of brutality and oppression. While inconceivable in the West, public beatings, grueling official questioning, unexplained detentions, and house arrest have become common-place occurrences, requiring only a minor infraction to set into motion. Those that dare to push the boundaries of the totalitarian regime, including one essayist's visit to the human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, are sentenced to life-long imprisonment, subjected to physical and psychological torture, and, frighteningly, made to "disappear." What emerges is a pattern of harassment directed, not at opposition figures, but ordinary citizens who live in crippling uncertainty of their future. Edited by two Chinese scholars, both of whom have experienced surveillance, control, abduction, and detention, this is a probing and revealing look at life under the police state of the world's most populous country.Preface to the Chinese Edition Introduction by Professor Andrew Nathan Foreword by Professor Jerome Cohen Glossary 1. Due North: My Perilous Attempt to Visit Chen Guangcheng (2010), by He Peirong 2. Never Give Up (2008), by Teng Biao 3. Until We Meet Again (2008), by Liu Shasha 4. A Cup of Tea (2009), by Tang Xiaozhao 5. Injustice (2009), by Wu Huaying 6. ETA: Unknown (2009), by Xiao Qiao 7. My Experience as a Citizen: From Drinking Tea to Search and Seizure (2010), by Gu Chuan 8. In the Shadow of a Rising China (2010), by Ding Zilin and Jiang Peikun 9. Eight Days (2010), by Wang Lihong 10. My February 19 (2011), by Li Xin'ai 11. The Abduction of a Drifting Spirit (2010), by Hua Ze Appendix: Charter

Szczegóły: In the Shadow of the Rising Dragon

Tytuł: In the Shadow of the Rising Dragon
Producent: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781137278791
Rok produkcji: 2013
Ilość stron: 256
Oprawa: Miękka

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