China: After the Typhoon: Revised and Updated Second Edition

Kirjan China: After the Typhoon: Revised and Updated Second Edition (2019) on kirjoittanut Peter K. Tyson. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Independently Published. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 144 sivua ja se on nidottu.

I've revised and updated the first edition to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square, the bleeding heart of the nation. I concentrate on the period from the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976 to the massacre in 1989. Instead of a dull, factual historical account, I try to present the atmosphere and colour of Chinese daily life, from early morning tai chi and dim sum to Cantonese opera, snake dinners and ox penis soup. However, I don't gloss over the seamy side: forbidden love, false arrests, forced abortions and public executions. China is presented in all its bewildering complexity -- not only the "Chinese Dream" but also the "Chinese Nightmare". Just what is myth and what is reality?