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

By: Material type: TextTextNew York : Hill and Wang, 1997Edition: First EditionDescription: 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780809094882
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 779.26  .St28 1997
Contents:
Geographical inequalities -- Patterns from the past -- China's political system : the party-state and the power grid -- China's economy : who owns what, who works where, and who makes the decisions? -- The Chinese armed forces -- Sources of rural discontent -- China's cities : unemployment, corruption, and inflation -- The centrifugal forces of regionalism -- The challenge of environmental degradation -- One billion plus : controlling population growth -- Human rights and the rule of law -- Intellectual freedom and Chinese education -- Artistic freedom and China's contemporary culture -- Hong Kong : beyond 1997 -- Democratization on Taiwan : model or rival? -- China's foreign relations.
List(s) this item appears in: SSOC111_UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS | SSOC111_UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS (NEW)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-329) and index.

Geographical inequalities -- Patterns from the past -- China's political system : the party-state and the power grid -- China's economy : who owns what, who works where, and who makes the decisions? -- The Chinese armed forces -- Sources of rural discontent -- China's cities : unemployment, corruption, and inflation -- The centrifugal forces of regionalism -- The challenge of environmental degradation -- One billion plus : controlling population growth -- Human rights and the rule of law -- Intellectual freedom and Chinese education -- Artistic freedom and China's contemporary culture -- Hong Kong : beyond 1997 -- Democratization on Taiwan : model or rival? -- China's foreign relations.

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