Frontmatter
CONTENTS
FOREWORD / Havel, Václav
INTRODUCTION
PART I. POLITICS WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS
LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE VOICES OF THE TIANANMEN MOTHERS
TO CHANGE A REGIME BY CHANGING A SOCIETY
THE LAND MANIFESTOS OF CHINESE FARMERS
XIDAN DEMOCRACY WALL AND CHINA'S ENLIGHTENMENT
THE SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE OF THE URBAN YOUNG IN POST-TOTALITARIAN CHINA
BELLICOSE AND THUGGISH
STATE OWNERSHIP OF LAND IS THE AUTHORITIES' MAGIC WAND FOR FORCED EVICTION
A DEEPER LOOK INTO WHY CHILD SLAVERY IN CHINA'S "BLACK KILNS" COULD HAPPEN
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "WENG'AN INCIDENT"
PART II. CULTURE AND SOCIETY
EPILOGUE TO CHINESE POLITICS AND CHINA'S MODERN INTELLECTUALS
ON LIVING WITH DIGNITY IN CHINA
ELEGY TO LIN ZHAO, LONE VOICE OF CHINESE FREEDOM
BA JIN
THE EROTIC CARNIVAL IN RECENT CHINESE HISTORY
FROM WANG SHUO'S WICKED SATIRE TO HU GE'S EGAO
YESTERDAY'S STRAY DOG BECOMES TODAY'S GUARD DOG
LONG LIVE THE INTERNET
IMPRISONING PEOPLE FOR WORDS AND THE POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION
PART III. CHINA AND THE WORLD
BEHIND THE "CHINA MIRACLE"
BEHIND THE RISE OF THE GREAT POWERS
THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S "OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL SYNDROME"
HONG KONG TEN YEARS AFTER THE HANDOVER
SO LONG AS HAN CHINESE HAVE NO FREEDOM, TIBETANS WILL HAVE NO AUTONOMY
OBAMA'S ELECTION, THE REPUBLICAN FACTOR, AND A PROPOSAL FOR CHINA
PART IV. DOCUMENTS
THE JUNE SECOND HUNGER STRIKE DECLARATION
A LETTER TO LIAO YIWU
USING TRUTH TO UNDERMINE A SYSTEM BUILT ON LIES
CHARTER 08
MY SELF-DEFENSE
I HAVE NO ENEMIES
THE CRIMINAL VERDICT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX