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This book features the significant works of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing, showcasing pivotal moments in China and Russia from 1976 to 2017. Drawing from a Chinese proverb about perseverance, it captures scenes of hope, hardship, and transformation under and after Communist rule. Liu's journey began in Beijing in 1978, shortly after Mao Zedong's death, marking a period of profound change. His empathetic and unfiltered photography contrasts the official narratives of the Chinese government, documenting the removal of Mao's portraits, the rise of free expression, the 1989 Tiananmen Square violence, and the emergence of a new capitalist class that has reshaped Communism in China. In parallel, Liu's work in Russia from 1990 to 1993 chronicles the disintegration of a Communist state. A standout image captures Mikhail Gorbachev discarding his resignation speech on December 25, 1991, symbolizing the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War. This powerful photograph exemplifies Liu's talent for conveying intricate stories within a single frame, earning him a Pulitzer Prize in 1992.

The People's Republic seen by Chinese photographers. This book brings together a vast selection of images by Chinese photographers since 1949, giving readers a visual journey across the great People's Republic; edited by esteemed photojournalist Liu Heung Shing, longtime Associated Press correspondent and Time magazine contributor. In post-Mao China, late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping urged his one billion countrymen to "seek truth from facts." Taking its cue from Deng's overture, China today is the leading economic story of the 21st century. The process by which China navigated the path from periphery to a central position in world affairs dominates the debate about Asia and China's relationship to the western world. Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing charts the visual history of sixty years of the People's Republic (1949 to 2008), and along the way aims to illustrate the humanistic course.Trilingual: English / German / French