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• catalog abstract ""This astonishing new book by Orville Schell, for thirty years America's foremost chronicler of contemporary China, offers a unique look at the China of the mid-'90s and the generation that stands poised to inherit the "mandate of heaven," the right to govern the world's largest nation." "China's current leaders - already in their eighties and nineties - will soon be leaving the country's political scene. Their departure raises the ultimate question: Who will assume power? The generation that was the natural heir was decimated in the chaos of the Cultural Revolution during the 1960s and '70s. Thus, with the end of the Deng era, it is left to a new generation, with a drastically different set of experiences and priorities, to take over." "The crackdown that followed the democracy protest in Tiananmen Square in 1989 seemed to foretell doom to international investment and any possibility of political freedom, but Deng Xiaoping, who had already begun instituting bold capitalist-style economic reforms in the 1980s, maneuvered China back onto the path of reform, and by 1992 China had become the fastest growing economy in the world. Yet China remains a place where even peaceful expression of political views is punishable by imprisonment." "Traveling back to China many times since 1989, Schell takes readers on a series of trips inside the latter-day People's Republic to meet the people who acted out the drama of the Square and who are now playing the leading roles in China's high-speed rush into the future. With the intimacy of an old friend, Schell introduces us to these ordinary and extraordinary characters, not necessarily the children of the elite, as some might expect, but students, workers, peasants, entrepreneurs, teachers, soldiers, intellectuals, labor leaders, and pop stars." "As China's importance on the world stage grows, it becomes increasingly necessary that the West acquaint itself with the "new China" and get to know these young people who must now negotiate a way out of their country's myriad contradictions. With his knowledge of Chinese history and his unparalleled understanding of the Chinese people, Schell is the perfect writer to interpret the changes that will determine the future of this important but uncertain land."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b6538983.
• catalog coverage "China Economic conditions 1976-2000.".
• catalog coverage "China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.".
• catalog coverage "China Politics and government 1976-".
• catalog coverage "China Politics and government 1976-2002.".
• catalog coverage "China Social conditions 1976-2000.".
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description ""As China's importance on the world stage grows, it becomes increasingly necessary that the West acquaint itself with the "new China" and get to know these young people who must now negotiate a way out of their country's myriad contradictions. With his knowledge of Chinese history and his unparalleled understanding of the Chinese people, Schell is the perfect writer to interpret the changes that will determine the future of this important but uncertain land."--Jacket.".
• catalog description ""This astonishing new book by Orville Schell, for thirty years America's foremost chronicler of contemporary China, offers a unique look at the China of the mid-'90s and the generation that stands poised to inherit the "mandate of heaven," the right to govern the world's largest nation." "China's current leaders - already in their eighties and nineties - will soon be leaving the country's political scene. Their departure raises the ultimate question: Who will assume power? The generation that was the natural heir was decimated in the chaos of the Cultural Revolution during the 1960s and '70s. Thus, with the end of the Deng era, it is left to a new generation, with a drastically different set of experiences and priorities, to take over." "The crackdown that followed the democracy protest in Tiananmen Square in 1989 seemed to foretell doom to international investment and any possibility of political freedom, but Deng Xiaoping, who had already begun instituting bold capitalist-style economic reforms in the 1980s, maneuvered China back onto the path of reform, and by 1992 China had become the fastest growing economy in the world. Yet China remains a place where even peaceful expression of political views is punishable by imprisonment." "Traveling back to China many times since 1989, Schell takes readers on a series of trips inside the latter-day People's Republic to meet the people who acted out the drama of the Square and who are now playing the leading roles in China's high-speed rush into the future. With the intimacy of an old friend, Schell introduces us to these ordinary and extraordinary characters, not necessarily the children of the elite, as some might expect, but students, workers, peasants, entrepreneurs, teachers, soldiers, intellectuals, labor leaders, and pop stars."".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-447) and index.".
• catalog description "pt. 1. The Square: The Year of the Snake -- A funeral in counterpoint -- Deng speaks and the students defy -- Fissures at the top -- "What are we to do?" -- Hunger artists -- A hundred flowers bloom -- The citizens of Beijing join in -- 9. "Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul" -- The leadership takes to the airwaves -- "We have won a great victory because the people support us" -- "Recover the square at any cost" -- The eye of the storm -- "To right a wrong it is necessary to exceed a proper limit" -- "We should not have one bit of forgiveness for them" -- A hundred flowers fade.".
• catalog description "pt. 2. Three routes to exile: Imprisonment -- Interment in limbo -- Escape -- Verdict first, trial second -- pt. 3. Dead time: Back to the square -- Learning to love socialism and the Army -- The spirit of a screw -- Interrogation and surveillance -- Miniature rebellions -- pt. 4. The second channel: Chairman Mao as pop art -- The second channel -- "Nothing to my name" -- The graying of Chinese culture.".
• catalog description "pt. 5. The boom: "Greater China" -- Deng makes a visit -- Deng's reformist roots -- Reform returns -- The people play the market -- Shanghai on commercial fire -- The big boom -- Hints of political reform -- Shadows of the past -- Cycles of weirdness -- Exile dreams.".
• catalog extent "464 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0671701320".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
• catalog spatial "China Economic conditions 1976-2000.".
• catalog spatial "China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.".
• catalog spatial "China Politics and government 1976-".
• catalog spatial "China Politics and government 1976-2002.".
• catalog spatial "China Social conditions 1976-2000.".
• catalog spatial "China.".
• catalog subject "951.05/8 20".
• catalog subject "DS779.26 .S34 1994".
• catalog subject "Human rights China.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. The Square: The Year of the Snake -- A funeral in counterpoint -- Deng speaks and the students defy -- Fissures at the top -- "What are we to do?" -- Hunger artists -- A hundred flowers bloom -- The citizens of Beijing join in -- 9. "Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul" -- The leadership takes to the airwaves -- "We have won a great victory because the people support us" -- "Recover the square at any cost" -- The eye of the storm -- "To right a wrong it is necessary to exceed a proper limit" -- "We should not have one bit of forgiveness for them" -- A hundred flowers fade.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 2. Three routes to exile: Imprisonment -- Interment in limbo -- Escape -- Verdict first, trial second -- pt. 3. Dead time: Back to the square -- Learning to love socialism and the Army -- The spirit of a screw -- Interrogation and surveillance -- Miniature rebellions -- pt. 4. The second channel: Chairman Mao as pop art -- The second channel -- "Nothing to my name" -- The graying of Chinese culture.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 5. The boom: "Greater China" -- Deng makes a visit -- Deng's reformist roots -- Reform returns -- The people play the market -- Shanghai on commercial fire -- The big boom -- Hints of political reform -- Shadows of the past -- Cycles of weirdness -- Exile dreams.".
• catalog title "Mandate of heaven : a new generation of entrepreneurs, dissidents, bohemians, and technocrats lays claim to China's future / Orville Schell.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".