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Bad Elements Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing

by Ian Buruma
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Insightful journey through Chinese political dissidence.

If you're intrigued by the complexities of rebellion and identity within Chinese culture, "Bad Elements" is a powerful read. Ian Buruma's exploration is both global in scope and personal in detail, offering a unique perspective on dissent across continents. It's a book that doesn't just narrate but immerses you in the visceral struggles for freedom and identity.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780679781363
Authors: Ian Buruma
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2003-01-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, History
Related Topics: History, Politics
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 105 readers)

Description

Who speaks for China? Is it the old men of the politbureau or an activist like Wei Jingshsheng, who spent eighteen years in prison for writing a democratic manifesto? Is China’s future to be found amid the boisterous sleaze of an electoral campaign in Taiwan or in the maneuvers by which ordinary residents of Beijing quietly resist the authority of the state?These are among the questions that Ian Buruma poses in this enlightening and often moving tour of Chinese dissidence. Moving from the quarrelsome exile communities of the U. S. to Singapore and Hong Kong and from persecuted Christians to Internet “hacktivists,” Buruma captures an entire spectrum of opposition to the orthodoxies of the Communist Party. He explores its historical antecedents its conflicting notions of freedom and the paradoxical mix of courage and cussedness that inspires its members. Panoramic and intimate, disturbing and inspiring, Bad Elements is a profound meditation on the themes of national identity and political struggle.
 

Insightful journey through Chinese political dissidence.

If you're intrigued by the complexities of rebellion and identity within Chinese culture, "Bad Elements" is a powerful read. Ian Buruma's exploration is both global in scope and personal in detail, offering a unique perspective on dissent across continents. It's a book that doesn't just narrate but immerses you in the visceral struggles for freedom and identity.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.