Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change

Interest in China has never been greater, but the voices of the Chinese themselves often escape notice. Here, finally, is a book that reverses the trend by giving us a rare and important portrait of contemporary life within China--written with style, honesty, and expertise born of intimate and often painful experience (Ian Buruma). Mixing powerful personal stories with sobering analysis, this revealing book encompasses a broad range of social issues, from underage prostitution to the crackdown on religion. Featuring some of the first-ever eyewitness accounts from Chinese dissidents and their families--including testimony by the relatives of the imprisoned and the executed and descriptions of life in exile--Challenging China offers rare glimpses of the country's ongoing political turmoil, as well as hope in the rising collective resistance. By turns moving, illuminating, and outraged, Challenging China is a revealing portrait of a country whose internal politics we can no longer afford to ignore.

Human Rights in China (HRIC) is an international nongovernmental organization founded by Chinese scientists and scholars to promote universally recognized human rights in the People's Republic of China.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595581324
• ISBN13: 9781595581327
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A unique coverage

Any who would understand life in modern China needs CHALLENGING CHINA: STRUGGLE AND HOPE IN AN ERA OF CHANGE: it gathers the writings of Chinese reporters, activists, and poets alike, using their personal stories, memoirs and insights to explore the lives and culture of the peoples of modern China. These writings delve into everyday affairs - from the monthly budget of a migrant farmer's family to HIV in a small Chinese town. As such, the unique struggles of the everyday Chinese person, both urban and rural, is documented here as nowhere else: in a unique coverage perfect for both college-level collections strong in Asian culture and general-interest public libraries alike. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch