Challenging China : struggle and hope in an era of change /

Challenging China : struggle and hope in an era of change / edited by Sharon Hom and Stacy Mosher. - xvii, 313 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mineshaft : warnings from China's most vulnerable -- Rule by terror / A tale of two crises : SARS vs. AIDS / Media control in China / An inside view / A migrant family's accounts / Mineshaft, our black home / The age of mammoths : systemic political problems -- China's robber barons / Draining the pond to catch the fish / Broken flowers / "Resurrection" exposes confession under torture / Rotten rope / The power of a red rose : protesters -- June 4th and human rights in China / The rise of civil society in China / A Tiananmen mother vows to fight on / The view beneath the bridge / The end of the rope / The power of a red rose (a poetic oration) / White nights : personal reflections -- Death-row study session / The past is not another country (an interview with Wang Youquin) / A migration of souls / Address unknown / Someone outside the door / The shepherd's song : voices of the spirit -- A mother's story / The Falun Gong phenomenon / Cultural Christians and contemporary Christianity in China / Art from the latrines of the great northern wilderness / An open letter to my police readers / Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao -- Hu Jia -- He Qinglian -- Zhang Youjie -- Yang Yinbo -- Qiu Yueshou -- Liu Xiaobo -- He Qinglian -- Zeng Renquan -- Leng Wanbao -- Yan Li -- Wang Juntao -- Liu Xiaobo -- Yang Hongfeng -- Yi Ban -- Zhang Lin -- Huang Xiang -- Zeng Linlin -- China Rights Forum -- Ren Bumei -- Gao Ertai -- Wang Yu -- Jin Yanming -- Hu Ping -- Ka Lun Leung -- Wang Ai -- Yu Jie. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. Pt. 3. Pt. 4. Pt. 5.

"Challenging China brings together the voices of Chinese reporters, intellectuals, activists, and poets; their moving personal stories, memoirs, analyses, and reportage open a window into the struggle of people in China to speak out, to witness, to demand an accounting from those in power, and to look deeply and honestly at their country's problems."--BOOK JACKET.

9781595581327 1595581324

VM187660

2006033822


China--Politics and government--2002-
China--Economic conditions--2000-
China--Social conditions--2000-

DS779.46 / .C4 2007

951.06

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