{"product_id":"bad-elements-chinese-rebels-from-los-angeles-to-beijing-paperback","title":"Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Buruma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese 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, \u003cb\u003eBad Elements\u003c\/b\u003e is a profound meditation on the themes of national identity and political struggle.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho 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? \u003cbr\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Buruma studied Chinese in the Netherlands and cinema in Japan. He has spent many years in Asia, which he has written about in \u003ci\u003eGod's Dust, Behind the Mask, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Missonary and the Libertine. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also written \u003ci\u003ePlaying the Game, The Wages of Guilt, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAnglomania.\u003c\/i\u003e Buruma lives in London and writes for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.6 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48383387566329,"sku":"9780679781363","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/EHALHmaTIu9780679781363.webp?v=1778443236","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bad-elements-chinese-rebels-from-los-angeles-to-beijing-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}