Bad Elements

{{Short description|2001 book by Ian Buruma}}

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| image = Bad Elements.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Ian Buruma

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Contemporary History

| publisher = Random House

| pub_date = November 2001

| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 400 pp (first edition)

| isbn = 0-679-45768-2

| dewey = 951.05/7 21

| congress = DS779.26 .B864 2001

| oclc = 367111

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Bad Elements is a book about contemporary Chinese history by Ian Buruma, published by Random House on November 20, 2001. The book's subtitle, Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing, indicates the main focus of the book.{{cite journal |last=Béja |first=Jean-Philippe |year=2004 |title=Ian Buruma, Bad Elements. Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing |journal=Perspectives Chinoises |volume=82 |url=https://journals.openedition.org/perspectiveschinoises/863}}

Bad Elements is divided into three parts: The Exiles, Greater China and the Motherland.