Coming alive : China after Mao
An eyewitness report of major events and developments in China since 1976
History
viii, 458 pages [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780070229143, 0070229147
6708063
China watch: Sha Tau Kok to Tiananmen
Funeral, with thunderclouds
Mao Zedong: from party leader to lone ranger
Mao: the making and unmaking of a demigod
Deng's challenge
A nation half alive
The decisive battle
The fall of the gang of four
Deng's drive for power
Capturing the heights
"Human rights over here!"
Blooming and scything
The poster-writer and the poet
Laws? democracy?
Opening to the world
But what is socialism?
Unfreezing the mind
For tomorrow: the men and the issues