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China’s Crisis, China’s Hope
Binyan Liu
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Description for China’s Crisis, China’s Hope
Hardback. The exiled Chinese Communist Party member offers his views on the corruption and hypocrisy within the Party and his belief in the democratic reforms taking place in his homeland. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 44 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
The principal force in awakening the people and setting them on the road to struggle, Liu Binyan argues, has been the repeated mistakes of the Chinese Communist Party and the outrageous bureaucratic corruption it has allowed to flourish. Even as he describes the runaway inflation that inflicts unfathomable hardship on all but the elite party officials, the increasing isolation and hypocrisy of the Communist leadership, or the political persecution of intellectuals and the press, Liu’s message is one of hope. This book—written in one man’s eloquent voice—is testimony to his belief that the need for democratic reform has taken root ... Read more
The principal force in awakening the people and setting them on the road to struggle, Liu Binyan argues, has been the repeated mistakes of the Chinese Communist Party and the outrageous bureaucratic corruption it has allowed to flourish. Even as he describes the runaway inflation that inflicts unfathomable hardship on all but the elite party officials, the increasing isolation and hypocrisy of the Communist leadership, or the political persecution of intellectuals and the press, Liu’s message is one of hope. This book—written in one man’s eloquent voice—is testimony to his belief that the need for democratic reform has taken root ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674118829
SKU
V9780674118829
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About Binyan Liu
Liu Binyan (1925–2005), born in Changchun, Manchuria, exemplified in his words and actions the tradition of the courageous literati of independent conscience. A party member since the beginning of China’s 1949 revolution and a firm believer in Marxism, Liu pointed out how the Chinese Communist Party came to abuse its power. In 1957 he was expelled from the party and ... Read more
Reviews for China’s Crisis, China’s Hope
Liu Binyan offers a special perspective on contemporary China. He has been a prominent player in that country’s tumultuous political–social–literary history ever since the mid-1950s. His long experience as an investigative reporter for China Youth News and People’s Daily has afforded him a grasp of the details of Chinese social history that few can approach.
Perry Link, Princeton University ... Read more
Perry Link, Princeton University ... Read more