Book Review of "Walking a Tightrope: Defending Human Rights in China" by Gert Holmgaard Nielsen (Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2014)

Rana, Subir (2016) Book Review of "Walking a Tightrope: Defending Human Rights in China" by Gert Holmgaard Nielsen (Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2014). New Books.asia.

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Abstract: China and human rights have been viewed by the western world as being the perfect case of a square peg in a round hole. Though China has had a long tradition of suppressing dissenting voices, but the matter first came to light before the global audience during the ’89 Democracy Movement. As such, today the issue of human rights abuse, forms of resistance and rebellion in the Tianxia has provided the much needed ammunition to the western press. Some of these concerns, particularly those relating to human rights, in China find their reflections in the book under review.
Item Type: Journal Paper
Subjects: School of Social Sciences > Sociology
Divisions: Schools > Social Sciences
Date Deposited: 11 Nov 2016 05:41
Last Modified: 11 Nov 2016 05:48
Official URL: http://newbooks.asia/review/review-walking-tightro...
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    URI: http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1194

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