ISBN:

• 9781439149386
• 1439149380

Edition: First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.

Description: xxv, 306 pages : illustrations

Notes:

• LSC 34.00
• SPL: Main, Rm

Contents:

• The Tiananmen massacre. The student protests begin ; An editorial makes things worse ; Power struggle ; The crackdown ; The accusations fly ; The campaign against Zhao ; Zhao's talk with Gorbachev
• House arrest. Zhao becomes a prisoner ; The investigative report ; Zhao's lonely struggle
• The roots of China's economic boom. Conflicting views at the top ; An early setback ; Opening painfully to the world ; Finding a new approach ; Zhao and Hu clash ; Playing a trick on a rival ; One step at a time ; The economy gets too hot ; The magic of free trade ; Freedom on the farm ; The coastal regions take off ; Coping with corruption
• War in the Politburo. Hu Yaobang "resigns" ; Zhao walks the line ; The ideologues ; Preparing for the main event
• A tumultuous year. After the Congress ; Panic buying and bank runs ; A series of missteps ; The problem with prices ; Reforms take a hit ; Zhao in retreat ; The campaign to overthrow Zhao
• How China must change. Deng's view on political reform ; Hu's view on political reform ; How Zhao's view evolved ; The old guard fights back ; The way forward
• A brief biography of Zhao Ziyang.

LCCN: 2009013787

Control Number: 497454

Subjects:

• China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.
• China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002.
• China -- Politics and government.
• Political prisoners -- China -- Biography.
• Prime ministers -- China -- Biography.
• Statesmen -- China -- Biography.
• Zhao, Ziyang.

Genre: Biographies.

Other Authors:

• Bao, Pu, 1967?-
• Chiang, Renee.
• Ignatius, Adi.
• MacFarquhar, Roderick.