PRISONER OF THE STATE: THE SECRET JOURNAL OF CHINESE PREMIER
by ZHAO, ZIYANG;
List Price: HK$ 240.00
¡@ISBN
9781847376978
¡@Subject
CHINA
¡@Publisher
SIMON & SCHUSTER UK
¡@Publication
2009
¡@Edition
Hardcover
¡@Version
Original
¡@Description
It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang.
When China's army moved in, killing hundreds of students and other demonstrators, Zhao was placed under house arrest at his home in Beijing. The Premier spent the last 16 years of his life, up until his death in 2005, in seclusion. China scholars often lamented that Zhao never had his final say. As it turns out, Zhao did produce a memoir, in complete secrecy. He methodically recorded his thoughts and recollections on what had happened behind the scenes during many of modern China's most critical moments. The tapes he produced were smuggled out of the country and form the basis for Prisoner of the State. In this audio journal, Zhao provides intimate details about the Tiananmen crackdown; he describes the ploys and double-crosses China's top leaders use to gain advantage over one another; and he talks of the necessity for China to adopt democracy in order to achieve long-term stability.
