The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression - Hardcover

Mann, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670038253 ISBN 13: 9780670038251

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Traces the evolution of American policy toward China to address key questions about China's political history and future, in an account that explores two possible scenarios: one that predicts an expansion of democracy, and another that considers a revolution sparked by class inequality. 75,000 first printing.

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Review:

If Americans revered veteran China correspondents the way Chinese communists revere their founding revolutionaries, former "Los Angeles Times" bureau chief Jim Mann would justly be hailed as an immortal.
Clay Chandler, editor, "Fortune Asia"
Mr. Mann has perfectly described the blend of hope and cynicism that currently underpins American policy toward China.
Gordon S. Chang, "The New York Sun"
aIf Americans revered veteran China correspondents the way Chinese communists revere their founding revolutionaries, former "Los Angeles Times" bureau chief Jim Mann would justly be hailed as an aimmortal.aa
aClay Chandler, editor, "Fortune Asia"
aMr. Mann has perfectly described the blend of hope and cynicism that currently underpins American policy toward China.a
aGordon S. Chang, "The New York Sun"
"If Americans revered veteran China correspondents the way Chinese communists revere their founding revolutionaries, former Los Angeles Times bureau chief Jim Mann would justly be hailed as an 'immortal.'"
-Clay Chandler, editor, Fortune Asia
"Mr. Mann has perfectly described the blend of hope and cynicism that currently underpins American policy toward China."
-Gordon S. Chang, The New York Sun

About the Author:

James Mann is author in residence at Johns Hopkins UniversityÂ’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and the author of Rise of the Vulcans, About Face, and Beijing Jeep. He was previously the Los Angles Times Beijing bureau chief.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0670038253
• ISBN 13: 9780670038251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 127