The Truth About China: Propaganda, Patriotism and the Search for Answers by Bill Birtles

The Truth About China: Propaganda, Patriotism and the Search for Answers by Bill Birtles

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781760879860
Author: Bill Birtles
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: Crows Nest NSW
Year: 2021
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320 pages
Period: 21st Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Near fine condition.

Bill Birtles was rushed out of China in September 2020, forced to seek refuge in the Australian Embassy in Beijing while diplomats delicately negotiated his departure in an unprecedented standoff with China's government. Five days later he was on a flight back to Sydney, leaving China without any Australian foreign correspondents on the ground for the first time in decades.

A journalist's perspective on this rising global power has never been more important, as Australia's relationship with China undergoes an extraordinary change that's seen the detention of journalist Cheng Lei, Canberra's criticism of Beijing's efforts to crush Hong Kong's freedoms, as well as China's military activity in the South China Sea and its human rights violations targeting the mostly Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang province.

Chronicling his five-year stint in China as he crisscrossed the country, Birtles reveals why the historic unravelling of China's relations with the West is perceived very differently inside the country. The Truth About China is a compelling and candid examination of China, one that takes a magnifying glass to recent events, and looks through a telescope at what is yet to come. (back cover)


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