The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market - Couverture souple

Gittings, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019280734X ISBN 13 : 9780192807342

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Where is China heading in the 21st century? Can its Communist Party survive or is it being challenged by growing inequality and unrest? Will the US and China cooperate or compete in a dangerous future? Will China's economic boom be brought to a halt by environmental catastrophe? In this highly readable account, John Gittings provides the essential information to help answer these vital questions for the world. In the 60 years since Mao Zedong took the road to victory, China has undergone not one but two revolutions. The first swept away the old corrupt society and sought to build a 'spotless' new socialism behind closed doors; the second since Mao's death has focused on an economic agenda which accepts the goals of global capitalism. From Mao to the global market, Gittings charts this complex but epic tale and concludes with some hard questions for the future. Readership: The general reader with an interest in modern China; undergraduate students of modern Chinese history and politics.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

John Gittings was the Guardian's China specialist and East Asia editor (1983-2003) and opened the newspaper's first staff bureau on the mainland in Shanghai. He began to visit China during the Cultural Revolution and witnessed the major events of the past thirty years, including the Tiananmen Square protests and the Hong Kong handover. He has also taught at the Polytechnic of Central London and was an acting editor of the China Quarterly. Throughout his working life, he has sought to project a balanced view of China and its role in the world and to avoid uncritical praise or blame in what has always been a controversial field. His books include works on Chinese foreign policy, military affairs, politics, and domestic society. He has also written on international and nuclear politics and was for many years the Guardian's foreign leader-writer.

Revue de presse :

The Changing Face of China By John Gittings is the most comprehensive of the four books. (Socialist Review.)

The book contains a wealth of information and is certainly a good counterweight to recent books which emphasise Mao's personality as the key to China's history in the 20th Century. (Guardian)

the history of modern China is an epic one, told superbly by Gittings (Guardian)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 019280734X
• ISBN 13: 9780192807342
• Reliure: Paperback
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384