Presents various aspects of life in China through interviews with twenty-eight people representing different age groups, occupations, and regions. Also includes a section of brief facts about the country and a glossary.
Contends that economic prosperity in China has led to political instability creating wide gaps between economic classes, increases in corruption, and undermined the communist's base of power.
A collection of internal government and Communist Party documents that tell the story of the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in China's Tiananmen Square in the words of the leaders who made the decision to send in troops to crushthe movement.