Stunning full-color photographs provide a tour of China, highlighting the natural and man-made beauty of the vast country and providing a sense of the people and their dreams.
And what does it mean for the rest of the world? In this compelling book, Elizabeth Economy reveals China’s ambitious new strategy to reclaim the country’s past glory and reshape the geostrategic landscape in dramatic new ways.
Covering subjects from party politics to the Falun Gong to the government's insupportable position on Taiwan, Chang presents a thorough and very chilling overview of China's present and not-so-distant future.
The second scholar , Huang Zongxi , a Zhejiang native whose father had been killed in 1626 on the orders of the eunuch Wei Zhongxian , was a passionate partisan of the Donglin and other reformers . Huang Zongxi fought for years ...
What Is China? offers an insider’s account that addresses sensitive problems of Chinese identity and shows how modern scholarship about China—whether conducted in China, East Asia, or the West—has attempted to make sense of the ...
One of the most requested titles in our critically acclaimed Traveler series, this beautiful guide makes the vast enigma of China accessible to every visitor.
The first comprehensive study of China's economic development across 3,000 years of history to be published in English.
This book is an urgent and timely call to action that should be read by economists, policymakers, the business community, and general readers alike.
This volume sheds new light on the dimensions of China’s continuous engagement with the world: as an inspiration for European garden designers, as a participant in global dialogue on culture, law and innovative technology, as a ...
This volume seeks to discover what has happened during the three decades of China's rise and why it happened as it did, with the goal of deeper understanding of Chinese and other national priorities and policies and of discerning patterns ...
The most public manifestation of the change in China's international position was the official visit made by the president of the US, Richard M. Nixon, to the PRC, the first visit made by a US president to the country that had been the ...