Sparks
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Ian Johnson follows Chinese writers, filmmakers, and researchers working to preserve histories that challenge official accounts. Their work reveals the political importance of memory and the personal demands of documenting a past that remains contested.
Why I include it
Independent voices inside China add something the strategic accounts cannot provide on their own. Sparks broadens a section that also examines the country through diplomacy and state institutions.
