HONG KONG — A Hong Kong publisher best known for a memoir of the Chinese premier ousted for opposing a crackdown on student protesters in Tiananmen Square is releasing a critique of authoritarian rule that is banned in mainland China.
The Rethinking of Chinese Civilization goes on sale in Hong Kong on Monday, editor Bao Pu said Saturday, three days before a massive Oct. 1 celebration in Beijing of the 60th anniversary of communist rule.
The Chinese-language book by veteran journalist Xiao Jiansheng was banned on the mainland in 2007. The book is sensitive because its criticism of authoritarian governments in ancient China could be seen as a veiled attack on the current regime.
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