Sinking of Big Country: Memorandum to China/大國沉淪：寫給中國的備忘錄 is a collection of articles by Xiaobo Liu, one of the greatest thinkers, who has sacrificed his life for human rights, democracy, and freedom in China. All the pieces were written during 2006-2008 with an analysis of the ins and outs of China’s current affairs and comparisons of the political periods after the Chinese Communist takeover in1949: Mao’s era, the post-Mao, the governments in the 1990s and 2000s. Liu’s keen eye has seen through how the economic rise of China affects the people’s life and the ruling system in China as well as the rise’s interaction with other countries. Hopefully, this book is or will be translated into English and some other languages, so it can reach more readers. ( )