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God is red : the secret story of how Christianity survived and flourished in communist China.
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ISBN: 9780062078476 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York HarperOne


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China in ten words
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ISBN: 9780307739797 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York Anchor Books

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Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular, this book uses personal stories and astute analysis to reveal as never before the world's most populous yet oft-misunderstood nation.


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Chinese characters : profiles of fast-changing lives in a fast-changing land.
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ISBN: 9780520270275 9780520270268 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berkeley University of California press


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Blogs de Chine.
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ISBN: 9782070137633 2070137635 Year: 2012 Publisher: Paris Gallimard


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No enemies, no hatred
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ISBN: 0674071948 0674063112 9780674063112 9780674061477 0674061470 9780674071940 0674072324 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

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When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on December 10, 2010, its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was in Jinzhou Prison, serving an eleven-year sentence for what Beijing called "incitement to subvert state power." In Oslo, actress Liv Ullmann read a long statement the activist had prepared for his 2009 trial. It read in part: "I stand by the convictions I expressed in my 'June Second Hunger Strike Declaration' twenty years ago-I have no enemies and no hatred. None of the police who monitored, arrested, and interrogated me, none of the prosecutors who indicted me, and none of the judges who judged me are my enemies."That statement is one of the pieces in this book, which includes writings spanning two decades, providing insight into all aspects of Chinese life. These works not only chronicle a leading dissident's struggle against tyranny but enrich the record of universal longing for freedom and dignity. Liu speaks pragmatically, yet with deep-seated passion, about peasant land disputes, the Han Chinese in Tibet, child slavery, the CCP's Olympic strategy, the Internet in China, the contemporary craze for Confucius, and the Tiananmen massacre. Also presented are poems written for his wife, Liu Xia, public documents, and a foreword by Václav Havel.This collection is an aid to reflection for Western readers who might take for granted the values Liu has dedicated his life to achieving for his homeland.

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