How Long to Read Tiananmen Follies

How Long Does it Take to Read Tiananmen Follies?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 43 minutes to read Tiananmen Follies by Qing Dai

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

?Dai Qing?s ideal, as a public intellectual, can be summed up in her own words: ?Freedom of thought and independence of personality.? This might seem like a modest ambition, banal almost, but in China it is actually very hard to achieve ?? ? from the Foreword by Ian BurumaThis memoir by Dai Qing, China?s best-known investigative journalist, offers insight into the mental and physical tribulations that accompany imprisonment by an authoritarian government devoted to squeezing out ?confessions? of wrongdoing by its political opponents. Written in the early 1990s during her incarceration in Beijing?s notorious Qingcheng prison, this is a mournful and courageous document about her struggle with the travails of imprisonment for unstated ?crimes? following the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square. Along with personal letters to her family and descriptions of her cell and the numbing routine of prison life, this book contains verbatim translations of Dai?s forced ?confessions? to her jailers and the top political authorities in China. At times quite unflattering to the author, these documents show how difficult it was to stand up and explain away her actions during the hectic months from April to June 1989 when she and other intellectuals tried to stave off a confrontation between the government and the students occupying Tiananmen. Against the government?s claim that a widespread ?conspiracy? existed to overthrow the regime, of which Dai was a purported central figure, her confessions are a marvelous example of just how difficult it is to exculpate oneself from a political apparatus that marshals enormous evidence that paints any person?s actions as ?conspiratorial? and ?anti-Party.? Despite her obvious innocence, Dai gets caught in the web of accusations that all prosecutors bring to any person?s actions that are under ?investigation?: She finds that escape is nearly impossible, and so begins to accept the government?s view on certain matters, ending up fingering others in a manner that suggests previous collaborationist actions in China, the Soviet Union, and the West (the McCarthy hearings, for example) when an individual is isolated by political authorities bent on condemning its detractors.Prison Memoirs and Other Writings remains witty and filled with vivid descriptions of the absurdities of political imprisonment in any system. It is the final chapter in Dai Qing?s transformation from a beneficiary of the regime to one of its victims.

How long is Tiananmen Follies?

Tiananmen Follies by Qing Dai is 162 pages long, and a total of 40,824 words.

This makes it 55% the length of the average book. It also has 50% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tiananmen Follies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Tiananmen Follies aloud.

What Reading Level is Tiananmen Follies?

Tiananmen Follies is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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