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China enters the 21st century as the world's largest surviving empire, a vast bureaucratic dictatorship with close to 1.3 billion people drawn from 56 different races. This text provides a general introduction to the Chinese, taking the reader on a journey from the poorest, those living in remote mountainous regions, to the most powerful families in the capital. In between it looks at how workers in state-owned enterprises and the new capitalists are navigating the transition from a planned to a market economy, and at who are the winners and losers in the scramble to make this new consumer market yield golden profits.
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A captivating study of the fragility and volatility of the most populated nation on earth, and with many lessons (Martin Booth, Daily Telegraph)
[Becker] is an assiduous reporter and a shrewd analyst, and much of the power and pleasure of the book lies in his detailed exploration of the realities that lie behind the official smoke-screen (Isabel Hilton, Financial Times)
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[Becker] is an assiduous reporter and a shrewd analyst, and much of the power and pleasure of the book lies in his detailed exploration of the realities that lie behind the official smoke-screen (Isabel Hilton, Financial Times)
This text provides an introduction to the Chinese, contrasting the poorest with the most powerful families in the country. It also looks at how workers in state-owned enterprises and the new capitalists are navigating the transition from a planned to a market economy.
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0719560365
- ISBN 13 9780719560361
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages475
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Book Description 8vo softcover 464pp index, b/w illus. very good+. Becker has spent 20 years touring through China and meeting people in order to understand this vast and mysterious land. His vignettes on government types, shamans, and businessmen join to present a revealing look at China over time. The Chinese is a captivating and enlightening read for anyone interested in Asian or cultural studies. Seller Inventory # 46499
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