Bibliograph

The most wanted man in China, my journey from scientist to enemy of the state, Fang Lizhi ; translated by Perry Link

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The most wanted man in China, my journey from scientist to enemy of the state, Fang Lizhi ; translated by Perry Link

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The most wanted man in China

Oclc number

911265974

Responsibility statement

Fang Lizhi ; translated by Perry Link

Sub title

my journey from scientist to enemy of the state

Summary

"A long-awaited memoir by the celebrated physicist whose clashes with the Chinese regime helped inspired the Tiananmen Square protests describes how in spite of his scientific contributions he was sentenced to hard labor for decades and eventually sought asylum from the U.S., "--NoveList

Table Of Contents

My ancestors -- My home in Beijing -- Elementary school in occupied Beijing -- My prime movers -- On campus at Peking University -- My first trip to the bottom -- Life in the fields -- Into the University of Science and Technology -- Days under the dynasty -- Re-education at Bagong Mountain -- Arrival in Hefei -- Turn toward astrophysics -- Modernization at the end of the 1970s -- Stepping out of China -- In the tides of reform -- Vice President of the University of Science and Technology of China -- Bourgeois liberalism -- Dissident -- Spring 1989 -- Thirteen months -- Afterword by Perry Link

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