TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zhao,Ziyang
AU  - Bao,Pu
AU  - Chiang,Renee
AU  - Ignatius,Adi
AU  - MacFarquhar,Roderick
TI  - Prisoner of the state: the secret journal of Zhao Ziyang 
SN  - 9781847376978 (hbk.)
AV  - DS779.29.C47 A313 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Zhao, Ziyang.
KW  - Prime ministers
KW  - China
KW  - Biography
KW  - Political prisoners
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - Premiers ministres
KW  - Chine
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Prisonniers politiques
KW  - Hommes d'E{u127F}tat
KW  - History
KW  - Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1976-2002
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1989 (Massacre de la place Tian'anmen)
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
N1  - The Tiananmen massacre. The student protests begin ; An editorial makes things worse ; Power struggle ; The crackdown ; The accusations fly ; The campaign against Zhao ; Zhao's talk with Gorbachev -- House arrest. Zhao becomes a prisoner ; The investigative report ; Zhao's lonely struggle -- The roots of China's economic boom. Conflicting views at the top ; An early setback ; Opening painfully to the world ; Finding a new approach ; Zhao and Hu clash ; Playing a trick on a rival ; One step at a time ; The economy gets too hot ; The magic of free trade ; Freedom on the farm ; The coastal regions take off ; Coping with corruption -- War in the Politburo. Hu Yaobang "resigns" ; Zhao walks the line ; The ideologues ; Preparing for the main event -- A tumultuous year. After the Congress ; Panic buying and bank runs ; A series of missteps ; The problem with prices ; Reforms take a hit ; Zhao in retreat ; The campaign to overthrow Zhao -- How China must change. Deng's view on political reform ; Hu's view on political reform ; How Zhao's view evolved ; The old guard fights back ; The way forward -- A brief biography of Zhao Ziyang
N2  - Gives readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, who tried to stop the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, and was dethroned for his efforts
ER  -