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by Orville Schell (Author), Jim Jorgensen (Author) "By the time the Chinese New Year ushered in the Year of the Snake in February 1989, the city of Beijing was seething with a..." (more)
Key Phrases: gray culture, counterrevolutionary rebellion, literary reportage, Hong Kong, Tiananmen Square, People's Daily (more...)
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Schell examines the new cultural and economic parameters in China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre and subsequent crackdown, showing a country where entrepreneurial ambition and pop-culture irony have replaced the pieties of the Mao era.
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Lucian Pye The New York Times Book Review Lively and elegantly written...Mr. Schell's blend of graceful analysis and unobtrusive firsthand reporting...skillfully captures the improbable, even surreal, air of theater that pervades much of contemporary China.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 20, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0684804476
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684804477
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
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