Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China (49 page)

Li Jing,
Jiang Yanyong: Renmin liyi gaoyu yique,
published in
Sanlian Shenghuo Zhoukan,
June 9, 2003.

Li Ya,
Jiang Yanyong tan pilu zhongguo yinman SARS zhenxiang guocheng,
Voice of America, April 9, 2003.

Wu Xiaoling,
SARS quanguo chuanbolian,
published in
Caijing,
May 6, 2003.

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The development of the
Southern Metropolis Daily
can be observed in the pages of the newspaper itself, including its coverage of the death of Sun Zhigang and its campaign against the
shourong
system. After the arrest of Cheng Yizhong and his two colleagues, I interviewed family members as well as many of the newspaper’s reporters, editors, and advertisers, a few of its political patrons, and other sources in the propaganda apparatus. I also collected the open letters and petitions that were written on behalf of Cheng.

Dong Fanyuan,
Baoye fengyun—Nanfang dushi bao jingying shilu,
China Finance and Economy Publishing House, 2002.

Lin Wei,
Shui zhizaole canjue renhuan de lunjianan,
published in
China Youth Daily,
July 26, 2000.

Tang Jianguang,
Sun Zhigang siwang zhenxiang,
published in
China Newsweek,
June 12, 2003.

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In addition to my notes on the trial and interviews with those involved, I obtained audio recordings of all four days of the court proceedings. Pu Zhiqiang provided copies of two essays he wrote that helped explain the development of his thinking:
Xiangdang jiaoxin,
his statement to the authorities; and
Guanyu Hebei sheng Gaobeidian shi gonganju zhifa qingkuang de huibao,
his thoughts on the failure of his first attempt to defend the civil rights of a client.

Wang Dan, ed.,
Liusi canjiazhe huiyilu,
Mirror Books, 2004.

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I drew on the pathbreaking scholarship of Susan Greenhalgh and Tyrene White for history and analysis of the one-child policy. In addition to my interviews with the key players involved in Chen Guangcheng’s defense, I also relied on news coverage of the case by Maureen Fan in the
Washington Post
and Joseph Kahn in the
New York Times.
The Pils paper also helped shape my thinking about the
weiquan
movement.

Greenhalgh, Susan,
Just One Child: Science and Policy in Deng’s China,
University of California Press, 2008.

Greenhalgh, Susan and Edwin A. Winckler,
Governing China’s Population: From Leninist to Neoliberal Biopolitics,
Stanford University Press, 2005.

Pils, Eva, “Asking the Tiger for His Skin: Rights Activism in China,”
Fordham International Law Journal
30, April 2007, pp. 1209–87.

Teng Biao,
Linyi jihua shengyu diaocha shouji,
posted online September 2005.

White, Tyrene,
China’s Longest Campaign: Birth Planning in the People’s Republic, 1949–2005,
Cornell University Press, 2006.

This book would not have been possible without the help of countless people across China who let me into their lives during the past seven years. They include the main characters and their families, of course, all of whom were generous with their time and patience, but also hundreds of others who shared their experiences and insights with me, sometimes at significant personal and professional risk and often for no reason other than a desire to explain their nation to the world. I am especially grateful to friends and colleagues in the Chinese press, journalists laboring under difficult conditions who routinely reminded me of the nobility of my profession. Given the political situation in China, it would be unwise to identify those who helped me most. My hope is that circumstances will some day allow me to thank them all individually and publicly.

I owe a special debt to the
Washington Post,
one of the few American newspapers still committed to covering the world. Don Graham, Len Downie, and Phil Bennett gave me one of the best jobs in journalism by sending me to China and also graciously granted me time off to write this book. David Hoffman, the paper’s superb foreign editor, never failed to improve my work and went beyond the call of duty by reading the manuscript and showing me how to make it better. Ed Cody introduced me to foreign correspondence both as an editor in Washington and as a colleague in Beijing. I was particularly lucky to spend many of my years in Beijing working alongside John Pomfret, the best correspondent in China. John was the ideal bureau chief and he taught me more about reporting in China than anyone else. He was also kind enough to read the manuscript and offer smart advice.

A succession of talented researchers assisted me in China. Wen Haijing, an outstanding journalist and translator, worked tirelessly on the book and demonstrated a remarkable ability to find people and track down information. Greg Distelhorst provided critical support early in the project, and Cui Weiyuan ably took up Greg’s duties when he turned to academia. Jiang Fei introduced me to Hu Jie and joined my interviews with him. In the Beijing bureau, Chen Hong, Zhao Wei, Zhang Jing, Jin Ling, and Zhang Wei shared their friendship and wisdom, joined me on my travels, and assisted with articles that later inspired several chapters of the book. Jin Ling, especially, helped make the chapters on Zhang Xide and his lawsuit possible.

At Simon & Schuster, I am grateful to the indomitable Alice Mayhew and her colleague Roger Labrie for their patience and guidance. Chris Klein and Ann Mah were among the first in Beijing to encourage me to write this book. They also introduced me to my agent, Kathy Robbins, who helped transform my early musings into a book proposal. Her wise counsel shaped the project, and her steady support helped get me through it. In the Robbins Office, Kate Rizzo expertly managed the foreign rights, and Rachelle Bergstein offered helpful notes on a difficult chapter.

Julian E. Barnes has been editing my copy since college and he read this book as I wrote it. His suggestions and encouragement kept me going during the long months of writing and revisions. Another college friend, Tom Scocca, showed up in Beijing to write his own book, and when my son, Mookie, was born, Tom and his wife Christina Ho happened to be in the same hospital with their new baby. In between our conversations about fatherhood, Tom helped solve a structural problem in Chapter 4. Andrew Yeh also read the chapter and shared his thoughts from the perspective of a Chongqing resident.

I also want to thank my friends in the press corps in Beijing, one of the most talented and collegial groups of reporters in the world. Special thanks to Audra Ang, Jonathan Ansfield, Henry Chu, Grady Epstein, Maureen Fan, Ed Gargan, Peter Goodman, Joseph Kahn, Ben Lim, Melinda Liu, Mark Maghier, Paul Mooney, Ching-Ching Ni, Evan Osnos, John Ruwitch, and Jim Yardley.

I learned a great deal from the larger community of China specialists and scholars, especially the accomplished members of the Chinapol listserv who allowed me to listen in on their debates. At Harvard, Ed Steinfeld and Rob MacFarquhar introduced me to Chinese politics and got me hooked.

I received wonderful moral support from my parents and my brother Michael. My brother Vincent also took time from his busy life to read the manuscript and provide helpful comments.

My greatest thanks are to Sarah. Every day, I marvel that I was able to persuade someone as beautiful and intelligent as she is to move to Beijing and marry me. She learned Chinese and wrote for
Newsweek
magazine, and even when pregnant or getting by without sleep as a new mother, she was the manuscript’s most devoted and skillful editor. She believed in the book even when I had my doubts, and I couldn’t have written it without her.