UID:
almafu_9959238127402883
Format:
1 online resource (169 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-34123-1
,
9786611341237
,
0-19-152784-X
Series Statement:
Very short introductions
Content:
China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. This Very Short Introduction provides an accessible guide to why China looks the way it does today, and how it got there. - ;China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's mo
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
,
What is modern China? -- The old order and the new -- Making China modern -- Is Chinese society modern? -- Is China's economy modern? -- Is Chinese culture modern? -- Brave new China?.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-922802-7
Language:
English
