Paper Tiger: Inside the Real China

By Xu Zhiyuan

Book Overview

In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world's second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society.

Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China's great transformation is taking place, from Beijing's Silicon district to a cruise down the Three Gorges; he profiles China's dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei and Chen Guangcheng; and explores lesser-known stories of scandals that rocked China but which most people outside that country did not hear about - and which shed troubling light on China's dark heart.

Xu Zhiyuan understands his homeland in a way no foreign correspondent ever could. PAPER TIGER is a unique insider's view of China that is measured and brave, ambitious in scope and deeply personal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781859809
• ISBN13: 9781781859803
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"