Forbidden city is a novel based on the events that swept beijing in 1989 and the impact of this on one persons life the main character a 17 year old war history fanatic alex jackson traveled to the chinese capital with his father a cbc cameraman to cover the russian premier gorbachevs visit during this event alex experienced the excitement of being a reporter and of recording the events of the protest but was apprehensive as the protest became more violent when martial law was . Forbidden city a novel of modern china by william bell 1996 01 10 william bell isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Forbidden city a novel of modern china by william bell view our 2020 holiday gift guide we made holiday shopping easy browse by interest category price or age in our bookseller curated gift guide. Extra info for forbidden city a novel of modern china example text by the way speaking of my jacket i dont get stared at as much when i ride along now i got sick and tired of that too so one day i marched along wang fu jing street near the hotel to the big department store i bought one of those light coats that westerners call mao coats a blue hat with the red star above the peak