Chinese Human Rights Reader

Representative selections from China's twentieth-century human rights discourse, rendered into fluid and non-technical English. The documents are arranged chronologically, and each is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the author and the immediate context. The book also includes a glossary in which translations of key terms are linked to their Chinese equivalents. <p>Part I. Last Years of the Qing Dynasty: 1900-1911 Part II. The New Culture Movement, May Fourth, and the Twenties: 1914-1926, Part III. The Nanjing Decade: 1927-1937, Part IV. War with Japan and Civil War: 1937-1949 Part V.1949, Part VI. 1976-1986, Including the Democracy Wall Movement Part VII. The Late 1980s: Before and After Tiananmen Part VIII. The 1990s </p>