{"product_id":"9781416579892","title":"Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China","description":"From an award-winning journalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the leading China correspondents of his generation comes an eloquent and vivid chronicle of the world's most successful authoritarian state -- a nation undergoing a remarkable transformation. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Philip P. Pan's groundbreaking book takes us inside the dramatic battle for China's soul and into the lives of individuals struggling to come to terms with their nation's past -- the turmoil and trauma of Mao's rule -- and to take control of its future. Capitalism has brought prosperity and global respect to China, but the Communist government continues to resist the demands of its people for political freedom. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pan, who reported in China for the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e for seven years and speaks fluent Chinese, eluded the police and succeeded in going where few Western journalists have dared. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the rusting factories in the industrial northeast to a tabloid newsroom in the booming south, from a small-town courtroom to the plush offices of the nation's wealthiest tycoons, he tells the gripping stories of ordinary men and women fighting for political change. An elderly surgeon exposes the government's cover-up of the SARS epidemic. A filmmaker investigates the execution of a young woman during the Cultural Revolution. A blind man is jailed for leading a crusade against forced abortions carried out under the one-child policy. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The young people who filled Tiananmen Square in the spring of 1989 saw their hopes for a democratic China crushed in a massacre, but Pan reveals that as older, more pragmatic adults, many continue to push for justice in different ways. They are survivors whose families endured one of the world's deadliest famines during the Great Leap Forward, whose idealism was exploited during the madness of the Cultural Revolution, and whose values have been tested by the booming economy and the rush to get rich.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153744216304,"sku":"9781416579892","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416579892_p0.jpg?v=1763728660","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416579892","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}