Author: Xu Zhiyuan<br />File Type: epub<br />In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the worlds second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society.Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which Chinas great transformation is taking place, from Beijings Silicon district to a cruise down the Three Gorges he profiles Chinas dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei and Chen Guangcheng and explores lesser-known stories of scandals that rocked China but which most people outside that country did not hear about and which shed troubling light on Chinas dark heart.Xu Zhiyuan understands his homeland in a way no foreign correspondent ever could. PAPER TIGER is a unique insiders view of China that is measured and brave, ambitious in scope and deeply personal.