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| List of Illustrative Material | |
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| Preface and Acknowledgements | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction: Why Does China Matter? | |
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| What Is China? | |
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| The Geography of China | |
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| The Creation of Chinese Identity and History | |
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| Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau | |
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| The Unifying Element: Chinese Language | |
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| What Do Chinese People Believe? | |
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| Falun Gong | |
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| The Issue of Ethnicity | |
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| Homogenous Han? | |
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| Conclusion: The 2008 Olympics | |
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| The Making of Modern China | |
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| Precursor to Modern China: The Qing | |
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| The Opium Wars | |
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| Republican China, 1911 onwards | |
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| Years of War | |
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| The Civil War | |
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| The People's Republic: Early Years | |
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| The Era of Radicalism: The Great Cultural Revolution | |
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| Dealing with the Maoist Legacy | |
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| The Start of the Great Transformation | |
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| Burying Mao | |
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| The Democracy Wall Movement of 1978-9 | |
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| The 1989 Uprising | |
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| Post-Tiananmen | |
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| Deng's Southern Tour | |
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| The Hu-Wen Era | |
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| The Bane of Inequality | |
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| The Communist Party and Politics | |
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| How the CCP Came into Existence | |
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| Mao and the Party | |
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| How the CCP Gained Power | |
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| What Does the CCP Do? | |
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| Party Organization: Then and Now | |
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| Party Personnel Management | |
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| Party Structure | |
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| Being a Member of the CCP in the Twenty-first Century | |
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| Party Divisions | |
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| What Does the Party Believe? | |
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| Democracy | |
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| Fifth Generation Leadership | |
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| Power from the Barrel of a Gun: The Role of the People's Liberation Army | |
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| Elections | |
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| The CCP's Future | |
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| How China is Governed | |
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| The State Council and the Premier | |
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| Trying to Reform the Central Ministries | |
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| How Is All This Funded? | |
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| The National People's Congress | |
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| Local Congresses | |
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| Local Officials | |
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| The Rule of Law | |
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| Human Rights | |
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| Law Enforcement: The Role of Security | |
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| Conclusion: The Challenges of Governing a Society in Ferment | |
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| The Chinese Economy | |
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| The Chinese Economy in 2012: Basic Data | |
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| The Sources of Chinese Growth - Reform of the Agricultural Sector and the Special Economic Zones | |
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| Entry to the WTO: Global China | |
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| The Complexity of the Chinese Economy | |
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| Chinese Companies Going Global | |
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| The Chinese Stock Exchange and the Financial Services Sector | |
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| Chinese Entrepreneurs | |
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| Energy and Environment | |
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| Death by a Thousand Cars | |
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| Conclusion: The Next Step in Internationalization - The Renminbi | |
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| Chinese Society | |
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| China under Communism: The Class Wars | |
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| The Role of Intellectuals | |
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| Class in Contemporary Chinese Society | |
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| China's Farmers | |
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| A Society in Ferment | |
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| Daily Life in Modern China | |
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| Family Structure in the Era of Mobility: The Little Emperors | |
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| Great Social Challenges for China's Future | |
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| The Networked Society: China and the Internet | |
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| Chinese Culture | |
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| A Mirror of Cynicism: Contemporary Chinese Painting | |
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| The Unacknowledged Legislators | |
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| Popular Culture: Music and Films | |
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| Free: within a Cage | |
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| The Ghost of Confucius | |
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| China in the World | |
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| The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence | |
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| The Peaceful Rise | |
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| China in the Asian Region | |
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| China and the USA | |
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| US Presidents in China | |
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| China and the USA since 2009 | |
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| China and the European Union | |
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| China and Africa | |
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| China and Russia | |
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| China and the Middle East | |
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| China as Leader of the Developing World? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |