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“Zhao might be more threatening in death than he was in life.” —Time How frequently are you able to look behind the curtains of 1 of the very deceptive authorities on the planet? Captive of their State may be the first book to provide viewers a front-row seat for the secret inner-workings of China’s government. It's the tale of Premier Zhao Ziyang, the person who introduced generous change to that particular country and who, in the peak of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, attempted to prevent the massacre and was dethroned for his initiatives. Zhao was placed directly under house arrest at his residence on a quiet street in Beijing, when China’s military moved in, eliminating countless students and other demonstrators.