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Sparks : China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the...
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A FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Johnsons stories bring ... this history chillingly alive Christina Patterson, Sunday TimesAn indelible feat of reporting and an urgent read ... Its a privilege to read books like these TePing Chen, author of Land of Big NumbersA documentary filmmaker who uncovered a Maoera death camp an independent journalist who gave voice to the millions who suffered through Covid a magazine publisher who dodged the secret police these are some of the people who make up Sparks Chinas Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future, a vital account of how some of Chinas most important writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to challenge the Chinese Communist Party on its most sacred ground its monopoly on history.In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. The Chinese Communist Party builds on these ideas to whitewash its misdeeds and justify its rule.But in recent years, critical thinkers from across the land have begun to challenge this stateled disremembering. Using digital technologies to bypass Chinas legendary surveillance state, their samizdat journals, guerilla media posts, and underground films document a pattern of disasters from past famines and purges to the ethnic clashes and virus outbreaks of the present.Based on years of research in Xi Jinpings China, Sparks challenges stereotypes of...
Binding: Paperback;400 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBJF; Weight: 414 g; Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 25
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A FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Johnsons stories bring ... this history chillingly alive Christina Patterson, Sunday TimesAn indelible feat of reporting and an urgent read ... Its a privilege to read books like these TePing Chen, author of Land of Big NumbersA documentary filmmaker who uncovered a Maoera death camp an independent journalist who gave voice to the millions who suffered through Covid a magazine publisher who dodged the secret police these are some of the people who make up Sparks Chinas Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future, a vital account of how some of Chinas most important writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to challenge the Chinese Communist Party on its most sacred ground its monopoly on history.In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. The Chinese Communist Party builds on these ideas to whitewash its misdeeds and justify its rule.But in recent years, critical thinkers from across the land have begun to challenge this stateled disremembering. Using digital technologies to bypass Chinas legendary surveillance state, their samizdat journals, guerilla media posts, and underground films document a pattern of disasters from past famines and purges to the ethnic clashes and virus outbreaks of the present.Based on years of research in Xi Jinpings China, Sparks challenges stereotypes of...
Binding: Paperback;400 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBJF; Weight: 414 g; Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 25
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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Ian Johnson
Sparks : China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the...
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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