At the center of China lies a corpse that nobody dares remove.
An edition of Behind the forbidden door: China inside out
(1986)
Behind the forbidden door
China inside out
by Tiziano Terzani
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Behind the Forbidden Door: Travels in Unknown China
February 1992, Henry Holt & Co (P)
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Behind the forbidden door: China inside out
1987, Unwin Paperbacks
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1987, Asia 2000
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Behind the forbidden door: travels in unknown China
1986, H. Holt
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Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Free to fly but only in a cage -- China under Deng Xiaoping
2. Death by a thousand cuts -- The destruction of old Perking
3. The sky is high and the emperor far away -- Xinjiang: the province at the Soviet border
4. The kingdom of the rats -- Manchuria: China's industrial base
5. Heavenly voices -- Chinese games with crickets and pigeons
6. When the peasants are content the Empire is stable -- Shandong and the end of the communes
7. We are building for a hundred years -- The former German colony of Qingdao
8. We teach them not to rebel -- Qufu: the birthplace of Confucius
9. Like dogs with broken limbs -- Tibet after decades of Chinese occupation
10. I knifed him four times and I was happy -- Communism against traditional Chinese culture
11. Good for the individual and good for the Motherland -- The rebirth of kungfu
12. The best baby is a dead baby -- The birth control policy
13. Discipline in the Field of Perfumed Grass -- My children write about their experience in a Chinese school
14. We welcome them with long hair -- Shenzhen and Guangzhou : experimenting with capitalism
15. Allah has given man one heart only -- The old city of Kashgar in central Asia
16. Kill a chicken and warn the monkeys -- The mass executions
17. The Chinese are not yet accustomed to living without an Emperor -- The campaign against western influence
18. ... And now let's start with your re-education -- My expulsion from the People's Republic of China
Index.
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Translation of: Fremder unter Chinesen.
Includes index.
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Passionate and provocative, Behind the Forbidden Door is both a uniquely intimate portrait of the 'liberalization' of China and a lively tour through an enigmatic and endlessly surprising land.
Tiziano Terzani was one of the first western journalists to be accredited after Deng Xiaoping opened China's doors and, taking a Chinese name and speaking the language, liver there for over four years. To break through the wall erected around foreigners in China, he sent his children to a Chinese school, travelled by train and bicycle and made friends among ordinary Chinese people.
Tiziano Terzani was one of the first western journalists to be accredited after Deng Xiaoping opened China's doors and, taking a Chinese name and speaking the language, liver there for over four years. To break through the wall erected around foreigners in China, he sent his children to a Chinese school, travelled by train and bicycle and made friends among ordinary Chinese people.
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| June 4, 2010 | Edited by 65.87.226.23 | Added new cover |
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