Culture | Dashed hopes and bad omens
Might China have followed a more reformist path?
In “Never Turn Back” and “China After Mao”, Julian Gewirtz and Frank Dikötter disagree
Never Turn Back. By Julian Gewirtz. Belknap Press; 432 pages; $32.95 and £26.95
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Dashed hopes and bad omens”
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