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James A.R. Miles - The Legacy of Tiananmen: China in Disarray - 9780472084517 - V9780472084517
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The Legacy of Tiananmen: China in Disarray

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Description for The Legacy of Tiananmen: China in Disarray Paperback. From talking to the powerful in Beijing and the peasants in the countryside, an experienced journalist interprets China and its post-Deng future Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.

In The Legacy of Tiananmen, James A. R. Miles asks whether senior leader Deng Xiaoping's gamble that prosperity would bring stability to China has worked or whether, instead, the country's economic transformation is fueling instability. The author, who was the BBC's Beijing correspondent from 1988 to 1994, argues that China today remains at least as unpredictable and volatile as it was at the outset of the Tiananmen Square protests.
On the basis of extensive interviews with officials, ordinary citizens, and intellectuals, the author concludes that China in the late 1990s is a country deeply unsure of its future. Politicians ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472084517
SKU
V9780472084517
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