Written for a popular audience, a concise and up-to-date survey lays out the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China political and economic situation, from the succession to Deng Xiaoping to China's rule of Hong Kong.
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"Packed with facts and figures, but enlivened with firsthand observations . . . ["Understanding China"] provides an excellent introduction to China for anyone in search of solid but concise information about that complicated country." --Lucian W. Pye, " The New York Times Book Review"
Packed with facts and figures, but enlivened with firsthand observations . . . [Understanding China] provides an excellent introduction to China for anyone in search of solid but concise information about that complicated country. Lucian W. Pye, The New York Times Book Review"
"Packed with facts and figures, but enlivened with firsthand observations . . . [Understanding China] provides an excellent introduction to China for anyone in search of solid but concise information about that complicated country." --Lucian W. Pye, The New York Times Book Review
John Bryan Starr is a lecturer in the Political Science Department at Yale University and serves as a consultant to the Tri-State Consortium. He has served as president of both the Yale China Association and the China Institute in New York City.
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