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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- Authors:
- Zhiyuan, Xu
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781781859803
- Number of Pages:
- 416
- Publication Date:
- 09/03/2017
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Year Published:
- 2017
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Head of Zeus
- SKU:
- 9781781859803