China: Alive In The Bitter Sea
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded spine; creased corners
Behind the bamboo curtain, a nation of one billion souls struggles beneath the weight of its own contradictions — and Fox Butterfield was there to witness it firsthand. China: Alive in the Bitter Sea chronicles the daily realities of life in the People's Republic of China. Through intimate portraits of ordinary Chinese citizens — factory workers, students, dissidents, and party officials — Butterfield uncovers a society caught between Maoist revolutionary dogma and the tentative reforms of the post-Mao era, painting a vivid and often harrowing picture of survival under an authoritarian regime. Butterfield writes with the unflinching authority of a seasoned foreign correspondent, grounding sweeping political analysis in deeply human stories that resonate long after the final page. The work stands as a landmark piece of American journalism on China, earning the National Book Award and cementing its place as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the true texture of Chinese society at a pivotal historical crossroads. Rich in cultural insight and moral urgency, it raises questions about freedom, conformity, and the human spirit that remain as pressing today as when the book first shook the Western world's understanding of the Middle Kingdom.
Author: Fox Butterfield
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded spine; creased corners
Behind the bamboo curtain, a nation of one billion souls struggles beneath the weight of its own contradictions — and Fox Butterfield was there to witness it firsthand. China: Alive in the Bitter Sea chronicles the daily realities of life in the People's Republic of China. Through intimate portraits of ordinary Chinese citizens — factory workers, students, dissidents, and party officials — Butterfield uncovers a society caught between Maoist revolutionary dogma and the tentative reforms of the post-Mao era, painting a vivid and often harrowing picture of survival under an authoritarian regime. Butterfield writes with the unflinching authority of a seasoned foreign correspondent, grounding sweeping political analysis in deeply human stories that resonate long after the final page. The work stands as a landmark piece of American journalism on China, earning the National Book Award and cementing its place as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the true texture of Chinese society at a pivotal historical crossroads. Rich in cultural insight and moral urgency, it raises questions about freedom, conformity, and the human spirit that remain as pressing today as when the book first shook the Western world's understanding of the Middle Kingdom.