Perry Link
Evening Chats in Beijing
Probing China's Predicament
"A lively survey of today's China as seen by [its] brooding intellectuals.
A terrific book." —Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book Review
Chinese intellectuals have a traditional duty, for which there is no equivalent
in the West: to worry, to "take responsibility for all under heaven," to argue
the question "What can we do with China?" In this "utterly absorbing gem
of a book" (Library Journal), Perry Link conveys the worries besetting
China's most prominent writers, journalists, scientists, professors, and dissident
officials. Link creates "an invaluable opening onto China's best and brightest hearts
and minds" (Kirkus Reviews), allowing the Chinese themselves to tell us
why Beijing took to the streets in Sprig 1989.
Perry Link is professor of Chinese language and literature at Princeton
University and the author of several books on Chinese literature and culture.
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