eng ▁Di aries , ▁started ▁to ▁circul ate ▁on ▁the ▁Internet ▁in ▁the ▁run - up ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁crack down . ▁Ba o , ▁the ▁publish er , ▁said ▁that ▁a ▁middle man ▁had ▁approached ▁him ▁with ▁the ▁manuscript ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁success ▁in ▁publishing ▁Z ha o ' s ▁mem oir s , ▁entitled ▁Pr ison er ▁of ▁the ▁State : ▁The ▁Secret ▁Journal ▁of ▁Premier ▁Z ha o ▁Z iy ang . ▁Ba o ▁said ▁that ▁after ▁months ▁of ▁research , ▁he ▁and ▁other ▁edit ors ▁agreed ▁the ▁book ▁" should ▁be ▁authentic " ▁and ▁" it ▁was ▁very ▁unlikely ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁fake ". ▁He ▁never theless ▁had ▁some ▁res erv ations , ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁prepared ▁to ▁set ▁out ▁in ▁a ▁foot note . ▁ ▁The ▁South ▁China ▁Mor ning ▁Post ▁had ▁verified ▁that ▁substantial ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁were ▁identical ▁to ▁the ▁Internet ▁manuscript . ▁The ▁newspaper ▁said ▁that ▁Li ' s ▁book ▁had ▁probably ▁been ▁ready ▁for ▁publication ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁to ▁co inci de ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁protest s . ▁The ▁SC MP ▁c ites ▁the ▁Y az hou ▁Z hou kan ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁manuscript ▁was ▁submitted ▁for ▁Polit b uro ▁appro val ▁in ▁aut umn ▁ 2 0 0 3 ; ▁he ▁was ▁told ▁several ▁months ▁later ▁clear ance ▁had ▁been ▁denied . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1