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The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market

The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market

by JohnGittings (Author)

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    Hardcover 2005

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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.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 384
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 21 Jul 2005
ISBN 10: 0192806122
ISBN 13: 9780192806123

Media Reviews
This is a book that deserves to be read widely. Gittings knows his China, and we can all be the wiser for reading him... this book provides us with a wealth of knowledge and experience. Martin Jacques, The Guardian no book on China has so effectively set out, analysed, reflected upon and finally summarised the great Chinese conundrum as intelligently and objectively as Gittings. A piece of classic scholarship. Geoffrey Goodman, Tribune Magisterial... Impressive... David Rennie, Daily Telegraph
Author Bio

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. 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 editorial writer.