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2015., Adult, Allen Lane Call No: Bio G913b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "It was like a scene out of a thriller: one night in April 2012, China<U+2019>s most famous political activist<U+2014>a blind, self-taught lawyer<U+2014>climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. For days, his whereabouts remained unknown; after he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, a furious round of high-level negotiations finally led to his release and a new life in the United States. Chen Guangcheng is a unique figure on the world stage, but his story is even more remarkable than we knew. The son of a poor farmer in rural China, blinded by illness when he was an infant, Chen was fortunate to survive a difficult childhood. But despite his disability, he was determined to educate himself and fight for the rights of his country<U+2019>s poor, especially a legion of women who had endured forced sterilizations under the hated (3z(Bone child(3y (Bpolicy. Repeatedly harassed, beaten, and imprisoned by Chinese authorities, Chen was ultimately placed under house arrest. After a year of fruitless protest and increasing danger, he evaded his captors and fled to freedom. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, this passionate book tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle."-- From publisher.
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2011, c2009., General, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday Call No: Fic Koo Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Banned in China, this controversial and politically charged novel tells the story of the search for an entire month erased from official Chinese history. Beijing, sometime in the near future: a month has gone missing from official records. No one has any memory of it, and no one could care less--except for a small circle of friends, who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the sinister cheerfulness and amnesia that have possessed the Chinese nation. When they kidnap a high-ranking official and force him to reveal all, what they learn--not only about their leaders, but also about their own people--stuns them to the core. It is a message that will astound the world."--Publisher.
