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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407025490
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 128

China

The Truth About Its Human Rights Record




A well-informed look at the human rights situation in China, published to coincide with - but not exclusively for - the Olympics

China is one of the great nations of the world. Containing roughly twenty per cent of the population of the globe, its economy is booming, and its role on the world's stage is increasingly influential. Yet this fascinating country is as complex as it is unusual: its inhabitants are denied some of their fundamental human rights.

This powerfully written and incisive book throws light on China's record today. From the restrictions on speech and worship to the lack of freedoms under the law, the economy, health and the environment, it provides a well-informed look at what the inhabitants of this vast state may or may not do.

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407025490
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 128

About the author

Frank Ching

Frank Ching was educated at Columbia University in New York, then worked as a journalist for the New York Times before setting up the Wall Street Journal's first bureau in Beijing in 1979. Later, after nine years on the Far Eastern Economic Review he moved to the South China Morning Post as Senior Columnist. For twelve years, he hosted the weekly current affairs tv programme 'Newsline' on the World channel of Asia Television. He lives in Hong Kong.

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Praise for China

[A] terrific book...In one slim volume, Frank Ching has managed to capture all that is important about the human rights situation in China at this critical moment.

Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China

A perfect short book by one of the great experts on China.

Minky Worden, Human Rights Watch

An admirably clear, concrete, and measured account of the human rights problems China faces.

Andrew J. Nathan, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University

Frank Ching has produced a fair minded and well researched review of human rights in China. It is difficult to imagine anyone doing a job better or more comprehensively.

Lord Patten of Barnes