Under the Dragon

Author: Rory MacLean
Publisher: HarperPerennial
ISBN: 9780006530824
Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
TRAVEL WRITING. The memory of a brief visit to Burma had haunted Rory MacLean for years. A decade after the violent suppression of an unarmed national uprising, which cost thousands of lives and all hopes for democracy, he seized the chance to return. Travelling from Rangoon to Mandalay and Pagan, into the heart of the Golden Triangle, he hears stories of ordinary people struggling to survive under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world and meets Aung San Suu Kyi, perhaps the most courageous woman of our time and the embodiment of all Burma's hope. On his journey MacLean exposes the tragedy of a hundred betrayals. "Under the Dragon" is a perceptive and heartbreaking portrayal of contemporary Burma, a country that is shot through with desperation and fear, but also blessed - even in the darkest places - with beauty and courage.

Under the Heel of the Dragon

Author: Blaine Kaltman
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0896804828
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
The Turkic Muslims known as the Uighur have long faced social and economic disadvantages in China because of their minority status. Under the Heel of the Dragon: Islam, Racism, Crime, and the Uighur in China offers a unique insight into current conflicts resulting from the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the Chinese government’s oppression of religious minorities, issues that have heightened the degree of polarization between the Uighur and the dominant Chinese ethnic group, the Han. Author Blaine Kaltman’s study is based on in-depth interviews that he conducted in Chinese without the aid of an interpreter or the knowledge of the Chinese government. These riveting conversations expose the thoughts of a wide socioeconomic spectrum of Han and Uighur, revealing their mutual prejudices. The Uighur believe that the Han discriminate against them in almost every aspect of their lives, and this perception of racism motivates Uighur prejudice against the Han. Kaltman reports that criminal activity by Uighur is directed against their perceived oppressors, the Han Chinese. Uighur also resist Han authority by flouting the laws—such as tax and licensing regulations or prohibitions on the use or sale of hashish—that they consider to be imposed on them by an alien regime. Under the Heel of the Dragon offers a unique insight into a misunderstood world and a detailed explanation of the cultural perceptions that drive these misconceptions.

Surviving the Dragon

Author: Arjia Rinpoche
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1605291625
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
On a peaceful summer day in 1952, ten monks on horseback arrived at a traditional nomad tent in northeastern Tibet where they offered the parents of a precocious toddler their white handloomed scarves and congratulations for having given birth to a holy child—and future spiritual leader. Surviving the Dragon is the remarkable life story of Arjia Rinpoche, who was ordained as a reincarnate lama at the age of two and fled Tibet 46 years later. In his gripping memoir, Rinpoche relates the story of having been abandoned in his monastery as a young boy after witnessing the torture and arrest of his monastery family. In the years to come, Rinpoche survived under harsh Chinese rule, as he was forced into hard labor and endured continual public humiliation as part of Mao's Communist "reeducation." By turns moving, suspenseful, historical, and spiritual, Rinpoche's unique experiences provide a rare window into a tumultuous period of Chinese history and offer readers an uncommon glimpse inside a Buddhist monastery in Tibet.

Under Dragon's Wing

Author: John Kendall
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
ISBN: 9780880380768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157

Book Description
The reader as young Prince Treon must find a way, with the help of a magical dragon ring and an ancient sorcery book, to rid the country of the evil Crimson Wizard and his legions.

Under the Dragon's Spell

Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481453114
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
When Hiccup and the Dragon Riders go exploring using a new map, their dragons pull them toward an island with entrancing music. It's getting late, so they land and go to sleep. In the morning, the dragons are gone! Hiccup must figure out who is making the music-and how to break the spell-before Toothless and the other dragons are lost forever!

There Is a Dragon Under My Door

Author: Darren Sylte
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532048009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31

Book Description
A little boy just knows there is a dragon under his door. Every night when he goes to bed, he can hear him breathing under there. His mom thinks he is silly, but she does not hear that dragon panting in the darkness. The boy does his best to ignore him. Even when he pulls his blankets over his head and buries his head under his pillow, that pesky dragon is still there, waiting. Finally after he falls asleep and awakens the next morning, the boy cautiously opens his bedroom door. What will he find there? In this charming children’s story, an imaginative boy who believes a dragon is sleeping under his door must become brave enough to learn the truth, once and for all.

Under the Dragon Flag

Author: James Allan
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75

Book Description
This fascinating book details the author's experience as a British sailor who was involved in the First Sino-Japanese War. It was a conflict between China and Japan primarily over influence in Korea. After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the port of Weihaiwei, the Qing government sued for peace in February 1895.

In the Shadow of the Dragon

Author: Winter Nie
Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
ISBN: 0814431704
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
The ômade in Chinaö label has long dominated the lower end of the US manufacturing industry, effectively squeezing it out of existence. That's old news. What most people don't know is that China's global reach now extends much further. Chinese companies have entered higher-end marketsùtechnology, financial services, transportation, energyùand are emerging as powerhouse multinationals. In the Shadow of the Dragon is a meticulously researched exposT of the most competitive companies in China. Based on interviews with Chinese business leaders and original case studies, the book provides: ò Profiles of key players ò Insights into subtle yet powerful strategies used to gain market dominance ò An understanding of the Chinese approach to going global ò Analysis of the Chinese way of innovation ò Advice on competing head-to-head or forming alliances with Chinese partners Part primer, part survival guide, In the Shadow of the Dragon is the first book to lay bare the challenges looming ahead.

In the Claws of the Red Dragon

Author: Wendelin Gruber
Publisher: St. Michaelswerk
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
Personal narrative of a Catholic priest from the Voivodina region regarding the sufferings of the ethnic Danube Swabian Germans under the Tito partisan government in Yugoslavia during the decade after World War II.

Under the Dragon

Author: Rory MacLean
Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
ISBN: 9781845116224
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
The memory of a brief visit to Burma had haunted Rory MacLean for years. A decade after the violent suppression of an unarmed national uprising, which cost thousands of lives and all hopes for democracy, he seized the chance to return. Travelling from Rangoon to Mandalay and Pagan, into the heart of the Golden Triangle, he hears stories of freedom fighters, government censors, basket weavers, farmers and lovers -- ordinary people struggling to survive under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world. Under the Dragon is a perceptive and heartbreaking portrayal of contemporary Burma, a country that is shot through with desperation and fear, but also blessed – even in the darkest places -- with beauty and courage.