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Throwing The Emperor From His Horse: Portrait Of A Village Leader In China, 1923-1995 (1st Edition) by Peter J. Seybolt Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-8133-3131-5 / 0813331315 ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-3131-7 / 9780813331317 This engaging book sketches an intimate portrait of the life of Wang Fucheng, an illiterate peasant who served for thirty years as Communist party secretary of an impoverished village on the north China plain. Based on conversations over a seven-year period (1987?1994), between Wang Fucheng and Pete |