Empire of Lies - Couverture souple

Sorman, Guy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1594032637 ISBN 13 : 9781594032639

Editeur : Encounter Books,USA, 2010

Synopsis

The Western press these days is full of stories on China's arrival as a superpower, some even warning that the future may belong to her. Western political and business delegations stream into Beijing, confident in China's economy, which continues to grow rapidly. Crowning China's new status, Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games.

But as Guy Sorman reveals in Empire of Lies China's success is, at least in part, a mirage. True, 200 million of her subjects, those fortunate enough to be working in an expanding global market, enjoy a middle-class standard of living. The remaining one billion, however, are among the poorest, most exploited people in the world. Popular discontent simmers, especially in the countryside, where it often flares into violent confrontation with Communist Party authorities. In truth, China's economic "miracle" is rotting from within.

In this extraordinary book, Sorman explains how the West has conferred greater legitimacy on China than do the Chinese themselves. He has visited the country regularly for forty years and spent most of the past three years exploring her teeming cities and remotest corners. Empire of Lies is the culmination of these travels and perhaps the only book on China that lets the Chinese people speak for themselves.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Before the totalitarian reign of Mao Zedong and his immediate successors, never in human history had an entire nation been under such intense surveillance. The Chinese not only had to speak alike; they had to think alike.Travelling to China regularly since 1967, and spending all of 2005 and 2006, Guy Sorman saw it all, and in this jaw-dropping book, he documents the horrifying stories of China through the 21st century. He shows how the Party's primary concern is not improving the lives of the downtrodden; it seeks power more than it seeks social development. It expends extraordinary energy in suppressing Chinese freedoms - the media operate under suffocating censorship, and political opposition can result in expulsion or prison - even as it tries to seduce the West, which has conferred greater legitimacy on it than do the Chinese themselves.China's government is spiralling out of control. Emigration from the countryside might be a way out, but it's not easy to find a permanent job in the city. Millions still feel the backlash of Tieneman Square massacare, the population regulation of one child per family, and the ever kept secret, AIDS crisis. In "Empire of Lies", Sorman shows that China hasn't reformed at all. The future, bleak, leaves readers wondering, where can they go from here?

Biographie de l'auteur

Guy Sorman, is the president of the publishing house Editions Sorman and a deputy mayor of Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Encounter Books,USA
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1594032637
• ISBN 13: 9781594032639
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible