ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|53 pages
Last Years of the Qing Dynasty: 1900–1911
part II|69 pages
The New Culture Movement, May Fourth, and the Twenties: 1914–1926
part III|58 pages
The Nanjing Decade: 1927–1937
part IV|32 pages
War with Japan and Civil War: 1937–1949
part V|29 pages
1949–1975
part VI|60 pages
1976–1986, Including the Democracy Wall Movement
part VII|25 pages
The Late 1980s: Before and After Tiananmen
part VIII|123 pages
The 1990s
