Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China Audiobook

Quotes

• “As correspondent for the Washington Post, Philip Pan covered China like no one else, using his fluency in the language to penetrate Chinese society. He goes beyond his newspaper reporting to tell the story of Chinese people pressing unsuccessfully for political change. Pan’s book gives lie to the notion that China is inevitably heading toward democratization.”

  — James Mann, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans

• “Pan is one of the finest American correspondents to have worked in China, a penetrating reporter who works from the ground up. This is an extraordinarily important book about China’s unfinished politics.”

  — Steve Coll, New York Times bestselling author of The Bin Ladens

• “The immediacy of first-rate reportage and the emotional depth of field of a novel.”

  — New York Times

• “Pan’s stirring reportage shows that, even in China, the individual can make a difference—at a price.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Pan, former Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post, traveled China and talked to officials, journalists, artists, entrepreneurs, and ordinary citizens to get a portrait of an extraordinary time in that nation’s—and the world’s—history…Pan presents the perspective of Chinese with hopes for a democratic future in China, even as that nation struggles to reconcile its past and future ambitions and its place in the broader world.”

  — Booklist

• “Philip Pan has brought great patience and a rare sensitivity to political reporting in China. This is the story of how power actually works there.”

  — Peter Hessler, author of Oracle Bones: A Journey through Time in China

• “Out of Mao’s Shadow is a stunningly researched and crafted book, filled with tales of individual heroism, triumph, and heartbreak. Pan shares his subjects’ relentless curiosity and drive to find truth; the result is a book that’s immediate, moving, and ultimately thrilling.”

  — Rachel DeWoskin, author of Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China

• “Philip Pan’s book is a masterpiece of reportage, revealing the layers of dirt and pain that lurk just beneath the shiny surface of modern China.”

  — Rob Gifford, National Public Radio correspondent and author of China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

• Pan's stirring reportage shows that, even in China, the individual can make a difference---at a price.

  — Publishers Weekly Starred Review