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China Wakes, The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
• Nicholas Kristoff
• Sheryl WuDunn
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1995 •
PAPER
• 501 PAGES
This book is an engrossing, disturbing portrait of contemporary China and its cultural dissidents. The authors journeyed from Tibet to Tiananmen, reporting in depth on a nation struggling to hold onto tradition while modernizing its economy.
(CHN33, $16.95) |
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China, Inc. How the Rise of the Next Superpower Changes America and the World
• Ted C. Fishman
HISTORY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
A bestselling economic history of China over the last 30 years and lively guide to understanding China's spectacular economic growth and future prospects. Fishman draws on statistics, case studies, and interviews to document the rapid transformation from economic backwater to industrial behemoth. With notes and bibliography.
(CHN305, $17.00) |
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Lost on Planet China
• J. Maarten Troost
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2009 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
Lost on Planet China finds Troost dodging deadly drivers in Shanghai; eating Yak in Tibet; deciphering restaurant menus (offering local favorites such as Cattle Penis with Garlic); visiting with Chairman Mao (still dead, very orange); and hiking (with 80,000 other people) up Tai Shan, China's most revered mountain. But in addition to his trademark gonzo adventures, the book also delivers a telling look at a vast and complex country on the brink of transformation.
(CHN496, $14.95) |
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Socialism Is Great!, A Worker's Memoir of the New China
• Lijia Zhang
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2009 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
This spirited memoir--by a former Chinese factory worker who participated in the Tiananmen Square protest and ended up an international journalist--is a testament to Zhang's personal triumph over the controlled existence that was to be her destiny.
(CHN501, $15.00) |
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