A LETTER TO LIAO YIWU

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD ix
4. INTRODUCTION xiii
5. PART I. POLITICS WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS
6. LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE VOICES OF THE TIANANMEN MOTHERS 3
7. TO CHANGE A REGIME BY CHANGING A SOCIETY 21
8. THE LAND MANIFESTOS OF CHINESE FARMERS 30
9. XIDAN DEMOCRACY WALL AND CHINA’S ENLIGHTENMENT 37
10. THE SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE OF THE URBAN YOUNG IN POST-TOTALITARIAN CHINA 47
11. BELLICOSE AND THUGGISH 62
12. STATE OWNERSHIP OF LAND IS THE AUTHORITIES’ MAGIC WAND FOR FORCED EVICTION 85
13. A DEEPER LOOK INTO WHY CHILD SLAVERY IN CHINA’S “BLACK KILNS” COULD HAPPEN 94
14. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE “WENG’AN INCIDENT” 107
15. PART II. CULTURE AND SOCIETY
16. EPILOGUE TO CHINESE POLITICS AND CHINA’S MODERN INTELLECTUALS 117
17. ON LIVING WITH DIGNITY IN CHINA 128
18. ELEGY TO LIN ZHAO, LONE VOICE OF CHINESE FREEDOM 134
19. BA JIN 137
20. THE EROTIC CARNIVAL IN RECENT CHINESE HISTORY 150
21. FROM WANG SHUO’S WICKED SATIRE TO HU GE’S EGAO 177
22. YESTERDAY’S STRAY DOG BECOMES TODAY’S GUARD DOG 188
23. LONG LIVE THE INTERNET 203
24. IMPRISONING PEOPLE FOR WORDS AND THE POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION 211
25. PART III. CHINA AND THE WORLD
26. BEHIND THE “CHINA MIRACLE” 223
27. BEHIND THE RISE OF THE GREAT POWERS 228
28. THE COMMUNIST PARTY’S “OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL SYNDROME” 245
29. HONG KONG TEN YEARS AFTER THE HANDOVER 256
30. SO LONG AS HAN CHINESE HAVE NO FREEDOM, TIBETANS WILL HAVE NO AUTONOMY 262
31. OBAMA’S ELECTION, THE REPUBLICAN FACTOR, AND A PROPOSAL FOR CHINA 270
32. PART IV. DOCUMENTS
33. THE JUNE SECOND HUNGER STRIKE DECLARATION 277
34. A LETTER TO LIAO YIWU 286
35. USING TRUTH TO UNDERMINE A SYSTEM BUILT ON LIES 292
36. CHARTER 08 300
37. MY SELF-DEFENSE 313
38. I HAVE NO ENEMIES 321
39. THE CRIMINAL VERDICT 327
40. BIBLIOGRAPHY 341
41. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 345
42. INDEX 347