02803cam a2200337 i 4500 1934455440 TxAuBib 20250218120000.0 241228s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024025317 9780593594223 HRD 29.00 0593594223 HRD 29.00 LBSOR eng rda LBSOR DLC TxAuBib rda Feng, Emily, author. Let only red flowers bloom : identity and belonging in Xi Jinping's China / by Emily Feng. First edition. New York : Crown, [2025] pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. The prosecutor -- The businessman -- The scooter thief -- The chained woman -- The detained -- The believer -- The model minority -- The bookseller -- The protestor -- The fugitive -- The asylum seeker -- The diaspora. "In the hot summer months of 2021, China celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. Authorities held propaganda and education campaigns across the country defining the ideal Chinese citizen: ethnically Han Chinese, Mandarin speaking, solidly atheist, and devoted to the socialist project of strengthening China against western powers. No one can understand modern China-including its response to the pandemic-without understanding who actually lives there, and the ways that the Chinese State tries to control its people. Let Only Red Flowers Bloom collects the stories of more than two dozen people who together represent a more holistic picture of Chinese identity. The Uyghurs who have seen millions of their fellow citizens detained in camps; mainland human rights lawyer Ren Quanniu, who lost his law license in a bureaucratic dispute after representing a Hong Kong activist; a teacher from Inner Mongolia, forced to escape persecution because of his support of his mother tongue. These are just a few narratives that journalist Emily Feng reports on, revealing human stories about resistance against a hegemonic state and introducing readers to the people who know about Chinese identity the best. Illuminating a country that has for too long been secretive of the real lives its citizens are living, Feng reveals what it's really like to be anything other than party-supporting Han Chinese in China, and the myriad ways they're trying to survive in the face of an oppressive regime"-- Provided by publisher. ONORDER061228. Xi, Jinping. National characteristics, Chinese. Chinese Ethnic identity. China Ethnic relations. China Social conditions 2000- China Politics and government 2002-