Paper Tiger by Xu Zhiyuan
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] does everyone interested in China a valuable serviceGreat political and moral questions loom, and it is not just "hostile foreign forces" asking them. As Xu notes: "History always exceeds our expectations." I suspect that in Paper Tiger he has published a more optimistic volume than he realizes * Financial Times *
Compelling and important... it is a powerful account' * Sunday Telegraph *
Identifies the consequences of an authoritarian state struggling to control a society developing at a breakneck speed... Xu sounds a warning about the new leader who, he says, believes that "China will become a great power only once all of its citizens believe the same thing"' * Daily Telegraph *
This is a book that will most definitely be contending for 2016's best title... With remarkable clarity, Xu serves an almost sublime invective, with a grace and composure that almost contradicts the strength of the criticism and quiet outrage that he enacts' * Bleg.jigokuki.org *
A young journalist of considerable acumen and courage, Xu writes of the discontents and dreams of the everyday China * TLS *
Compelling and important... it is a powerful account' * Sunday Telegraph *
Identifies the consequences of an authoritarian state struggling to control a society developing at a breakneck speed... Xu sounds a warning about the new leader who, he says, believes that "China will become a great power only once all of its citizens believe the same thing"' * Daily Telegraph *
This is a book that will most definitely be contending for 2016's best title... With remarkable clarity, Xu serves an almost sublime invective, with a grace and composure that almost contradicts the strength of the criticism and quiet outrage that he enacts' * Bleg.jigokuki.org *
A young journalist of considerable acumen and courage, Xu writes of the discontents and dreams of the everyday China * TLS *
Xu was born in Beijing in l976. He was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University from 2009 to 2010. He is editor-in-chief of the Chinese edition of Business Weekly and writes columns for the FT.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781859803 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781859809 |
| Title | Paper Tiger |
| Author | Xu Zhiyuan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2017-03-09 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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