Between 1996 and 2001 Ian Buruma travelled through the Chinese-speaking world and the US to meet China's dissidents and rebels, in order to see how they view contemporary China. The central question is to see how long China's Communist Party rule can feasibly last in the 21st century. Individual freedom diminishes the closer one gets to Beijing...more details Format:Hardback
'I believe that Communist Party rule will end in China; sooner or later all dynasties do. But when or how, I cannot say...It was with these questions in mind that I travelled through the Chinese-speaking world between 1996 and 2001. There was an unmistakable stink of political...more details Format:Paperback Pages:384
The story of modern Japan, from first 'opening' to the West with Admiral Perry's Black Ships in 1853, through World War II, to Japan's emergence as a Western-style democracy and economic power at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Format:Paperback Pages:176
The story of modern Japan, from first 'opening' to the West with Admiral Perry's Black Ships in 1853, through World War II, to Japan's emergence as a Western-style democracy and economic power at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Format:Hardback Pages:170
Since the end of the Cold War, there has been much talk about a new kind of conflict, a conflict between civilizations, that has revived the notion...more details Format:Paperback Pages:336
Why are Germans so well informed on World War II while most Japanese know almost nothing about it? Why do so many West Germans feel guilty, Japanese victimised...more details Format:Paperback Pages:336