Ebook: Prisoner of the State: the Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang

Cover; Colophon; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Foreword; PART 1: THE TIANANMEN MASSACRE; 1: The Student Protests Begin; 2: An Editorial Makes Things Worse; 3: Power Struggle; 4: The Crackdown; 5: The Accusations Fly; 6: The Campaign Against Zhao; 7: Zhaos Talk with Gorbachev; PART 2: HOUSE ARREST; 1: Zhao Becomes a Prisoner; The Investigative Report; 2: Zhaos Lonely Struggle; PART 3: THE ROOTS OF CHINAS ECONOMIC BOOM; 1: Conflicting Views at the Top; 2: An Early Setback; 3: Opening Painfully to the World; 4: Finding a New Approach; 5: Zhao and Hu Clash;-- Time How often can you peek behind the curtains of one of the most secretive governments in the world? -- Prisoner of the State The China that Zhao portrays is not some long-lost dynasty. It is today's China, where the nation's leaders accept economic freedom but continue to resist political change. If Zhao had survived -- that is, if the hard-line hadn't prevailed during Tiananmen -- he might have been able to steer China's political system toward more openness and tolerance. Zhao's call to begin lifting the Party's control over China's life -- to let a little freedom into the public square -- is remarkable coming from a man who had once dominated that square. Although Zhao now speaks from the grave in this moving and riveting memoir, his voice has the moral power to make China sit up and listen.