Understanding China [3rd Edition] A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture

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ISBN: 9780809016518 | 0809016516
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/31/2010

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In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly clearheaded book, John Bryan Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, the basic data, and the issues at stake in China's present, crisis-ridden present situation.

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List of Tables	p. ix
List of Maps	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
Geographical Inequalities	p. 21
Patterns from the Past	p. 41
The Party-State	p. 57
Politics and Power	p. 75
The Economy	p. 97
The Centrifugal Forces of Regionalism	p. 117
Cities	p. 140
Rural Discontent	p. 160
Ethnic Identity	p. 181
Environmental Challenges	p. 207
Population Pressure	p. 225
The Rule of Law	p. 240
Education	p. 262
The Flow of Information	p. 282
The Special Administrative Regions	p. 298
Taiwan	p. 325
The People's Liberation Army	p. 354
The Effects of Globalization	p. 374
Conclusion	p. 401
Time Line of Events in Twentieth-and Twenty-first-Century China	p. 409
Further Reading	p. 413
Index	p. 415
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Understanding China [3rd Edition] A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture

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