Mandate of Heaven

by OrvilleSchell (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $5.71

  The forces released by the Chinese dissident student movement have not been completely suppressed, despite the brutal crackdown that followed the Tiananmen Square massacre. In China a new generation is coming to power, taking over from the gerontacracy which has characterized the Chinese government for so long. Comprised of technocrats and entrepreneurs, businessmen and intellectuals, the new breed is determined to remove the lingering shadows of totalitarianism and corruption. Beginning with a survey of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the events leading up to it, the book offers an assessment of the changes occurring in this doggedly enigmatic country. It takes readers into the heart of modern China, painting a tableau of a country now racked by almost continual radical change. Orville Schell has won awards for his reporting on China, and is the author of Discos and Democracy and To Get Rich is Glorious .

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $5.46

  Schell paints a detailed picture of China - the enigmatic, once isolated country now wracked by continual radical change. From the 1989 demonstations in Tiananmen Square and the brutal crackdown that followed, to the country's rebirth as an economic powerhouse where almost anything can be bought but little of political significance can be said, Schell takes the reader inside China. He introduces extraordinary characters - students, workers, soldiers, intellectuals, labour leaders and pop stars - who acted out the drama of Tiananmen Square, who endured prison or exile and who persevere in the unfolding drama of economic and political development that has only recently thrust China headlong into a world of stock markets, entrepreneurs, millionaires and some day, perhaps, a greater measure of democracy.