Xu Youyu is a prominent Chinese intellectual and one of the key signatories of Charter 08, the groundbreaking manifesto drafted by Liu Xiaobo advocating for profound political reform in China. Co-editor of In the Shadow of the Rising Dragon with Hua Ze, Xu has been a vocal advocate for human rights and democracy. In 2009, he accepted a human rights prize on behalf of Liu Xiaobo and publicly supported Liu’s Nobel Peace Prize win in 2010. His contributions have made him a notable figure in China’s ongoing discourse on political reform and human rights.
In the Shadow of the Rising Dragon | Stories of Repression in the New China, edited by Xu Youyu and Hua Ze is a collection of personal accounts of Chinese citizens and the inhumanity they regularly face. Edited by two Chinese scholars, both of whom have experienced surveillance, control, abduction, and detention, this is a probing and revealing look at life under the police state of the world’s most populous country.
Peter and Amy Bernstein founded Bernstein Literary Agency in 2009. For over two decades, we have worked with over 100 brilliant authors around the globe and across a gamut of subjects to get their books published, and their stories told. We typically work on non-fiction projects, but we have helped bring many fiction books, children’s books, and the occasional cookbook to market. We work with authors in all stages of their careers, from experienced, award-winning, and bestselling ones to debut writers ready to take on the world.
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