Prisoner of the State : The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang (Paperback)

from santhony

This is a somewhat enlightening and educational look at the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party leadership during the late 1980s, including the Tiananmen Square massacres, as seen through the eyes of then Chinese Premier and General Secretary, Zhao Ziyang. Zhao Ziyang came to power in 1...

from santhony

This is a somewhat enlightening and educational look at the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party leadership during the late 1980s, including the Tiananmen Square massacres, as seen through the eyes of then Chinese Premier and General Secretary, Zhao Ziyang. Zhao Ziyang came to power in 1...

from LynnCar

This book was easy reading for someone who has watch the Chinese situation in the last 20 years. It develops an inside perspective of the Communist hierachy under Deng after Mao and particularly during the 1989 student crises. It shows the conflict in China about control and gives one a better fe...

from LynnCar

This book was easy reading for someone who has watch the Chinese situation in the last 20 years. It develops an inside perspective of the Communist hierachy under Deng after Mao and particularly during the 1989 student crises. It shows the conflict in China about control and gives one a better fe...

from Smiley

The internal workings, and funtionary names, of the Chinese Communist Party can be dizzying but Ziyang's very detailed account, from the General Secretary's seat, of the politics involved in China's turn toward a market economy makes interesting and timely reading. The fact that Ziyang composed t...