Reviews
"A rare first-person account of crisis politics at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party."-Erik Eckholm,The New York Times, "[T]his book will be of special importance to anyone interested in what happened during the spring of 1989, culminating in the Tiananmen killings of June 3 and 4."-Jonathan Mirsky,The New York Review of Books, "Zhao speaks from beyond the grave . . . the up-close-and-personal tone [of the book] stands out. Scholars will mine Prisoner of the State for historical nuances." -Perry Link, coeditor of The Tiananmen Papers, “Zhao speaks from beyond the grave . . . the up-close-and-personal tone [of the book] stands out. Scholars will mine Prisoner of the State for historical nuances.” -Perry Link, coeditor of The Tiananmen Papers, "Until the appearance of this posthumous work, not a single voice of dissent had ever emerged from the [Chinese Communist] party's inner circle . . . Fascinating." - The Economist, “[T]his book will be of special importance to anyone interested in what happened during the spring of 1989, culminating in the Tiananmen killings of June 3 and 4.” -Jonathan Mirsky, The New York Review of Books, "[T]his book will be of special importance to anyone interested in what happened during the spring of 1989, culminating in the Tiananmen killings of June 3 and 4." -Jonathan Mirsky, The New York Review of Books, âUntil the appearance of this posthumous work, not a single voice of dissent had ever emerged from the [Chinese Communist] partyâs inner circle . . . Fascinating.â - The Economist, "Zhao speaks from beyond the grave . . . the up-close-and-personal tone [of the book] stands out. Scholars will minePrisoner of the Statefor historical nuances."-Perry Link, coeditor ofThe Tiananmen Papers, "Zhao speaks from beyond the grave . . . the up-close-and-personal tone [of the book] stands out. Scholars will mine Prisoner of the State for historical nuances." --Perry Link, coeditor of The Tiananmen Papers, "Until the appearance of this posthumous work, not a single voice of dissent had ever emerged from the [Chinese Communist] party's inner circle . . . Fascinating." -- The Economist, "Zhao speaks from beyond the grave . . . the up-close-and-personal tone [of the book] stands out. Scholars will mine Prisoner of the State for historical nuances." Perry Link, coeditor of The Tiananmen Papers, âA rare first-person account of crisis politics at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party.â -Erik Eckholm, The New York Times, âZhao speaks from beyond the grave . . . the up-close-and-personal tone [of the book] stands out. Scholars will mine Prisoner of the State for historical nuances.â -Perry Link, coeditor of The Tiananmen Papers, "[T]his book will be of special importance to anyone interested in what happened during the spring of 1989, culminating in the Tiananmen killings of June 3 and 4." --Jonathan Mirsky, The New York Review of Books, 'Until the appearance of this posthumous work, not a single voice of dissent had ever emerged from the [Chinese Communist] party's inner circle . . . Fascinating.'—The Economist, "Until the appearance of this posthumous work, not a single voice of dissent had ever emerged from the [Chinese Communist] party's inner circle . . . Fascinating." -- The Economist, "A rare first-person account of crisis politics at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party." --Erik Eckholm, The New York Times, "A rare first-person account of crisis politics at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party." -Erik Eckholm, The New York Times, â[T]his book will be of special importance to anyone interested in what happened during the spring of 1989, culminating in the Tiananmen killings of June 3 and 4.â -Jonathan Mirsky, The New York Review of Books, “A rare first-person account of crisis politics at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party.” -Erik Eckholm, The New York Times, “Until the appearance of this posthumous work, not a single voice of dissent had ever emerged from the [Chinese Communist] party’s inner circle . . . Fascinating.” - The Economist, "Until the appearance of this posthumous work, not a single voice of dissent had ever emerged from the [Chinese Communist] party's inner circle . . . Fascinating."-The Economist
