Dragon Rising An Inside Look at China Today

Name: Dragon Rising An Inside Look at China Today
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ISBN: 9780792261933

ISBN-10: 0792261933

ISBN-13: 9780792261933

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jasper Becker

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Jasper Becker's book, The Chinese, was hailed as the best single-volume introduction to this enormous, inscrutable society. The Washington Post said, "He has been everywhere and asked every question," describing his conclusions as "right in both details and analysis." Since then, China's role in world affairs has only grown greater. No nation on Earth is as newsworthy as 21st-century Chinaand no book could be timelier than Dragon Rising, appearing just as world attention begins to focus on the 2008 Beijing Olympics and China's all-out effort to present itself as a modern world power. As interest grows, Becker is the ideal guide to the profound changes that are already reshaping economic,…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication date: 10/17/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 7.66" wide x 9.58" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Contents


Introduction



Beijing: Where China's Been and Where It's Headed



Shanghai: Modernizing Through Capitalism



The Northeast: The Soviet Industrial Legacy



South of Shanghai: Private Enterprise



Pearl River Delta: Rural Migration



Central China: Agricultural Life and the Initiation of Reforms



Yunnan Province: China's Environment



China and the World