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  Modern China (Very Short Introductions) (Paperback) By (author) Rana Mitter

  

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  Short Description for Modern ChinaChina 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.
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 28 February 2008
  • Format: Paperback 168 pages
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  • Categories: Political Structure & Processes | Political Economy | Asian History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
  • ISBN 13: 9780199228027 ISBN 10: 0199228027
  • Sales rank: 69,573

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• 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 most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art.