TY - BOOK ID - 126974135 TI - Prisoner of the state : the secret journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang AU - Zhao, Ziyang AU - Bao, Pu AU - Chiang, Renee AU - Ignatius, Adi AU - MacFarquhar, Roderick PY - 2010 SN - 1439149399 9781439149393 PB - New York: Simon and Schuster, DB - UniCat KW - Prime ministers KW - Political prisoners KW - Statesmen KW - Politics, Practical KW - Zhao, Ziyang KW - China KW - China KW - China UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:126974135 AB - Gives readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, who tried to stop the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, and was dethroned for his efforts. This book is the only record ever been made of how the Chinese autocracy works from the inside : in excruciating details, we are told about the power plays, the shenanigans, the mini-coups, the subterfuges, and the entrenched prejudices of members of China’s politburo. ER -