Jonathan Fenby, inthePenguin History of ModernChina, goessofaras to call China 'the lastgreatcolonial empire on earth',alluding toits possessions in Tibet and Xinjiang. You will not hear such wordsfrom Chinese citizens,who have been ...
Communist Period: Klein, Donald W. and Anne B. Clark, eds., Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism 1921–1965, 2 vols. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971) is less comprehensive than the Republican dictionary above but has ...
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" Graham Hutchings, Oxford Analytica. "Now updated to bring the story of modern China up into the era of Xi Jinping, this slim, accessible, and lively volume offers an appealing mix of information and argument.
No country on earth has suffered a more bitter history in modern times than China. In the second half of the nineteenth century, it was viewed as doomed to...
Moving on to the developments since the death of Mao in 1976, in a section fully revised and updated for this new edition, Moise gives a nuanced account of the two sides of China: its spectacularly successful programme of capitalist ...
This work is an up-to-date account of modern China, a country which even today remains one of the most enigmatic in the world. This volume provides over 300 A-Z dictionary-style...
Traces the history of China and its relationship with the West from the thirteenth-century visit of Marco Polo to the present day.
China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'.
Calling for more cooperation between China and the west, this new book by noted author and educator Cary Krosinsky provides readers with an on-the-ground perspective of what’s really happening in China today on the back of its recent ...
Moving on to the developments since the death of Mao in 1976, in a section fully revised and updated for this new edition, Moise gives a nuanced account of the two sides of China: its spectacularly successful programme of capitalist ...
Charts Western influence and national development. Beginning with the mid-19th century, when China encountered the West and began to enter the modern age, this encyclopedia offers an overview of the world's largest and most populous nation.
This guide to people, places, ideas, and events crucial to an understanding of a rising world power focuses on society and politics and their impact on China and the world.
... chopsticks know as public spoons or public chopsticks are sometimes made available. While eating, one should not ... fried ba- nana, or tapioca sweet soup, which may be served either warm or cold. There are no fortune cookies in China or ...
This timely Handbook, by leading scholars of relationships, is the first volume to focus specifically on the varied and complex processes that take place at the very beginning stage of relationships.
... Handbook of Personal Relationships, edited by Anita L. Vangelisti and Daniel Perlman; and Close Relationships: A Sourcebook, edited by Susan and Clyde Hendrick) give scant attention to the ... relationship initiation? Is it one of ix Preface.
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