As the world is drawn together with increasing force, our long-standing isolation from - and baffling ignorance of - China is ever more perilous. This book offers an analysis of China and the transformations it has undertaken since 1989. Wang Hui is able to synthesize an insider's knowledge of economics, politics, civilization and Western critical ...
As the world is drawn together with increasing force, our long-standing isolation from - and baffling ignorance of - China is ever more perilous. This book offers an analysis of China and the transformations it has undertaken since 1989.
Many observers of late imperial China have noted the relatively small size of the state in comparison to the geographic size and large population of China and have advanced various theories to account for the ability of the state to maintain itself in power. One of the more enduring explanations has been that the Chinese state, despite its limited ...
Nineteenth-century China was a paradoxical place. On the one hand, significant new voices were determined to undertake reforms that would enable the Qing empire to cope with the powerful West; on the other, the literate public was for the most part equally intent on preserving the old ways. Bringing the World Home sheds new light on China's ...
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