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Paper Tiger: Inside the Real China

In `Paper Tiger` the Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world`s second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society. Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China`s great transformation is taking place, from Beijing`s Silicon district to a cruise down the Three Gorges; he profiles China`s dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei and Chen Guangcheng; and explores lesser-known stories of scandals that rocked China but which most people outside that country did not hear about – and which shed troubling light on China`s dark heart. Xu Zhiyuan understands his homeland in a way no foreign correspondent ever could. `Paper Tiger` is a unique insider`s view of China that is measured and brave, ambitious in scope and deeply personal.

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