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Communist China: Publisher defends Zhao memoir after Beijing attack

(Communist China) Publisher defends Zhao memoir after Beijing attack
— “The publisher of a memoir by deposed Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang defended the book following an attack by Beijing-backed media that made a rare mention of the 1989 democracy protest”
— “Bao Pu, the publisher of the Chinese version of the book and the son of a former top Zhao aide, said the ‘Prisoner of the State’ was a crucial effort to overturn Beijing’s official condemnation of the protests.”
— “His comments came after several Beijing-backed newspapers published in Hong Kong said in a lengthy commentary that the memoirs — and western media who promoted them — were trying to foist democracy on China.”

Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang