China The Big Tiger
Brown Book Group Little
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paperback. Fine clean copy
It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. There were many exaggeratedly gloomy or optimistic scenarios in the past, and now positive reports of economic and trade growth seem counterweighed by negative ones of political repression. The scenes witnessed on television of Tiananmen Square in 1989 have remained a lasting and potent impression of China in many Westerner's memories. Subsequently, it has been a complex task to grasp a unifying sense of what China is. Are these images unreal? How can the contradictions be forced together into one single picture? This text ... Read more
It has been difficult to obtain a coherent and sensible picture of China and its development. There were many exaggeratedly gloomy or optimistic scenarios in the past, and now positive reports of economic and trade growth seem counterweighed by negative ones of political repression. The scenes witnessed on television of Tiananmen Square in 1989 have remained a lasting and potent impression of China in many Westerner's memories. Subsequently, it has been a complex task to grasp a unifying sense of what China is. Are these images unreal? How can the contradictions be forced together into one single picture? This text ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Number of Pages
558
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349108742
SKU
KTJ0025425
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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