Format:
1 online resource (266 pages)
ISBN:
9781442236233
Content:
This engaging book highlights 49 prevalent myths about China's past, present, and future and weighs their truth or fiction. Leading a thoughtful and entertaining tour, the authors debunk widespread "knowledge" about Chinese culture, society, politics, and economy. Their timely work offers an illuminating window on a rising power we often misunderstand.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Map of China -- Introduction -- Part I: The Party -- Myth 1: Communism Is Dead in China -- Myth 2: China Is Centrally Controlled -- Myth 3: The Leadership Is Deeply Divided -- Myth 4: The Communist Party Is a Monolith -- Myth 5: The Military Is Gaining Political Influence -- Myth 6: The Communist Regime Lacks Legitimacy -- Myth 7: The Falun Gong Is an Apolitical Movement Persecuted for Its Religious Beliefs -- Myth 8: Chinese Media Is Merely a Mouthpiece of the Communist Party -- Part II: The People -- Myth 9: Chinese Culture Is Incompatible with Democracy -- Myth 10: Chinese Have No Manners -- Myth 11: Chinese People Are Not Altruistic -- Myth 12: The Individual Has No Value, Only the Collective Does -- Myth 13: All Chinese Are Only Children -- Myth 14: The Chinese People Are Homogeneous -- Myth 15: Communism Has Created Gender Equality in China -- Myth 16: The Chinese Are Atheists -- Myth 17: Shanghai Is More Liberal than Beijing -- Part III: Business and the Economy -- Myth 18: "China Inc." Is Buying Up the World -- Myth 19: China Has the United States over a Barrel -- Myth 20: China's Economy Is Export Driven -- Myth 21: Chinese People Are Born Moneymakers -- Myth 22: Chinese Don't Take Risks -- Myth 23: The Chinese Are Just Copycats -- Myth 24: The State Hinders Economic Development in China -- Myth 25: Unequal Distribution of Wealth Is a Source of Social and Political Unrest -- Myth 26: All Economic Development Is Happening in the Big Cities on the East Coast -- Part IV: China and the World -- Myth 27: The Chinese Are Racist -- Myth 28: The Communist Party Is Kindling Nationalism -- Myth 29: China Will Once Again Dominate East Asia -- Myth 30: China Is Colonizing Africa -- Myth 31: China Is an Environmental Baddie -- Myth 32: The Chinese Could Tame North Korea-If They Wanted To.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442236226
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442236226
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1864127
