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FiveBooks: China Week with Harry Wu, John Kampfner and Richard McGregor
28th June 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It’s China Week this week at FiveBooks – see all the interviews at www.fivebooks.com/china
Labour camp survivor Harry Wu talks about the horrors of Communist China and says our desire to do business with China has forced us into denial about the camps and the 50 million dead. Harvard Professor Elizabeth Perry discusses the popular protest in China that does exist. Together they choose our first ten books on China.Then Chief... -
FiveBooks: Writing from Around the World
17th May 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
First a quick reminder to book tickets for our first live event at the Frontline Club on May 27th.
LSE’s Mary Kaldor, US Lt.Col. Shannon Beebe and war crimes barrister Andrew Cayley will be discussing the nature of modern warfare in a debate chaired by Lord Meghnad Desai. Tickets are £10 for members/£12 for non-members for the debate and you can also join us all for dinner afterwards – dining tickets...
