Understanding China : a guide to China's economy, history, and political structure / John Bryan Starr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starr, John Bryan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Politics and government--1976-.

China.

Politics and government.

China--Economic conditions--1976-.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hill and Wang, 1997.

Summary:

The death of Deng Xiaoping in February 1997 reminded us of how much we need to know and learn about China. Ever since Deng initiated a program of reforms in the late 1970s that opened up his country's resources to foreign commerce and its society to sweeping winds of change, Americans have faced a torrent of confusing and contradictory reports on "what is really going on" in this ancient, huge, tremendously powerful country. The swirling uncertainties have only increased in recent months.

In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly clear-headed book, John Bryan Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present situation. What is the capacity of the Chinese political system to deal successfully with the principal problems confronting the country? How will China resolve the Taiwan issue, deal with Hong Kong, and maintain economic growth while encouraging liberalization of the political climate? How is it likely that the succession crisis will play itself out? And what are the implications -- for the Chinese and for us? The purpose of Understanding China is to explore the answers to these questions.

No one who visits China, or who wants to work in China or with the Chinese, or who simply needs to understand the headlines better, can do without this admirably shrewd guide.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-329) and index.

ISBN:

0809094886

OCLC:

36327275