China in the 21st Century China in the 21st Century
What Everyone Needs To Know®

China in the 21st Century

What Everyone Needs to Know

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Publisher Description

The need to understand China has never been more pressing. Within one generation, the global giant has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse; yet conflicting impressions of the country and its leaders abound. In the fully revised and updated second edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know?, China expert Jeffrey Wasserstrom-with assistance from Maura Elizabeth Cunningham--provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the superpower, and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise.

Focusing his answers through the historical legacies--Western and Japanese imperialism, the Mao era, and the massacre near Tiananmen Square--that largely define China's present-day trajectory, Wasserstrom introduces readers to the Chinese Communist Party, the building boom in Shanghai, and the environmental fall-out of rapid Chinese industrialization. He also explains unique aspects of Chinese culture such as the one-child policy, and provides insight into how Chinese view Americans.

Wasserstrom reveals that China today shares many traits with other industrialized nations during their periods of development, in particular the United States during its rapid industrialization in the 19th century. He provides guidance on the ways we can expect China to act in the future vis-?-vis the United States, Russia, India, and its East Asian neighbors. The second edition has also been updated to take into account changes China has seen in just the past two years, from the global economic shifts to the recent removal of Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai from power.

Concise and insightful, China in the 21st Century provides an excellent introduction to this significant global power.

What Everyone Needs to Know? is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2013
May 31
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
192
Pages
PUBLISHER
Oxford University Press
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
6.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Texana ,

Stop Doing This!

Stop updating the book by a few pages and then selling it separately. Just add the update to the original edition. Give the update to those who bought it already. It's an easy thing to do with eBooks. Offer only the new edition to new customers, instead of multiple editions mixed in the market. This is possible. Good publishers who want to keep customers do it! I was planning on finishing the two I've already bought and then getting a couple more. Now, I'm frustrated to see the new updates. Thanks for leaving me out. I'm walking away because of this.

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