Black Hands of Beijing: Lives of Defiance in China's Democracy MovementA riveting chronicle of Communist oppression and the struggle for democratic reform in China from 1976 to the present. Reveals some of the first details of the years following Tiananmen Square focusing on three leading figures in the democracy movement. Features narratives from scores of other key figures in the movement told in their own words. |
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Growing Up in the Big Storm | 3 |
Festival of the Dead | 21 |
The Thinking Generation | 33 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Black Hands of Beijing: Lives of Defiance in China's Democracy Movement |
| Authors | George Black, Robin Munro |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wiley, 1993 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0471579777, 9780471579779 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / China History / General |
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