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SUMMARY:Prisoners of the State - Mr. Bao Pu
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CONTACT:Hang Tung Chow
DESCRIPTION:Twenty years after Chinese troops crushed demonstrators in Tia
 nanmen Square\, new light has now been shed on the incident by the secret 
 memoirs of Zhao Ziyang. The former Premier died in 2005\, after living und
 er house arrest for 16 years for supporting the pro-democracy movement. In
  those years of seclusion\, he managed to record a testimony in audiotapes
  in complete secrecy. The tapes he produced were smuggled out of the count
 ry and form the basis for the book 'Prisoner of the State: The Secret Jour
 nal of Premier Zhao Ziyang'. \n\nBao Pu\, a political commentator and huma
 n rights activist\, is the publisher\, editor and translator of the book. 
 He is also the son of Bao Tong\, the former policy secretary of Zhao Ziyan
 g. Bao Tong was the highest government official to be sentenced in relatio
 n to the 1989 movement\, and is held under strict surveillance even after 
 his release in 1997\, with family visit limited. Father and son were both 
 instrumental to the publication of Zhao's memoir. For Bao Pu\, publishing 
 the book is a way of seeking justice for more than one prisoners of the st
 ate - for Zhao\, for his father\, and more who have been affected by the t
 ragedy of 89'. \n\nFree Admission. All Welcome.
LOCATION:Graduate Union\, 17 Mill Lane
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