Minjian: the rise of China's grassroots intellectuals
In: Global Chinese culture
Grassroots intellectuals: theoretical and historical perspectives -- Wang Xiaobo and the silent majority: redefining the role of intellectuals after Tiananmen -- Minjian historians of the Mao era: commemorating, documenting, debating -- Investigating and transforming society from the margins: the rise and fall of independent cinema -- Professionals at the grassroots: rights lawyers, academics, and petitioners -- Journalists, bloggers, and a new public culture.