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Discos And Democracy: China In The Throes Of Reform

Discos And Democracy: China In The Throes Of Reform

By Orville Schell

Pantheon, 1988, 384 pp.

A vivid, if somewhat sensationalized, account of the transformation of Chinese society since Mao's death. It describes student demonstrations and the purging of dissident intellectuals from the party, and it offers tantalizing glimpses into the new worlds of Chinese bodybuilding, advertising, disco and cosmetic surgery.