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New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2001. Provides over two hundred insightful short essays, arranged alphabetically, that cover central figures and events from Sun Yat-sen to Jiang Zemin and the Boxer Rebellion to Tiananmen Square.
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In the new millennium all eyes are on China, which many believe has the potential in the near future to rise to world prominence as a political leader and an economic powerhouse. Yet several aspects of Chinese society remain an obstacle to internal growth and of deep concern to the outside world.
In Modern China Graham Hutchings offers a timely and useful reference guide to the people, places, ideas, and events crucial to an understanding of this rising power. The focus is on society and politics and their impact on both China and the world. After an introduction that discusses key themes in twentieth-century China, Hutchings provides over two hundred insightful short essays, arranged alphabetically, that cover central figures and events from Sun Yat-sen to Jiang Zemin and the Boxer Rebellion to Tiananmen Square. Included are separate entries on each province, the current political leadership, and the two colonies recently returned to Chinese control, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as trenchant essays on subjects that remain sensitive within and controversial outside China, such as religion, ethnic minorities, Tibet, Taiwan, and human rights.
Accessible and authoritative, Modern China is invaluable for anyone interested in the transformation of this ancient land into a modern power.
Contents
List of Maps List of Illustrations Note to the Reader Preface Introduction: Middle Kingdom to Modern State COMPANION TO MODERN CHINA Chronology Selected Recommended Reading Index List of Maps Physical China Political China Major crop areas Major ethnic minorities Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China-India disputed borders The Long March Macau Special Administrative Region Manchuguo and China First stage of the Northern Expedition--1926 Chinese overseas China's military regions Urban population South China Sea Republic of China on Taiwan Three Gorges Dam Tibet Treaty ports and foreign territories Tumen River Economic Zone Weihaiwei and neighbouring foreign territories Yangtze River List of Illustrations (Photographic acknowledgements are given in parentheses) 1. The Empress Dowager Ci Xi (Corbis/Bettmann) 2. Yuan Shi-kai (Popperfoto) 3. Sun Yat-sen (Corbis/Bettmann) 4. Chiang Kai-shek (Corbis) 5. Mao Zedong (Corbis/Bettmann) 6. Deng Xiaoping (Corbis/Bettmann) 7. Jiang Zemin (Corbis/AFP) 8. Chen Shui-bian (Camera Press) 9. Tung Chee-hwa (Corbis/AFP) 10. Edmund Ho Hau-wah (Corbis/AFP) 11. The Politburo Standing Committee (Camera Press) 12. Execution of Boxer rebel (Corbis/Hulton Getty) 13. Armed picket searching a suspected revolutionary (Popperfoto) 14. Japanese soldiers in Hangzhou (Magnum Photos) 15. Mao addresses party members at Yanan (Camera Press) 16. Mao declaring the foundation of the People's Republic of China (Magnum Photos/New China Pictures) 17. Production Brigade marches to work (Magnum Photos/Rene 'Burri) 18. Propaganda poster from the Cultural Revolution (Vintage Magazine Archive) 19. 'Class enemies' being paraded before the masses (Corbis/Bettman) 20. Democracy Wall, Beijing (Colori fic) 21. Demonstrations in Tibet (Katz Pictures/Steve Lehman) 22. Pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square (Topham Picturepoint) 23. Celebrating fifty years of Communist rule (Camera Press) 24. Traditional farming, Hainan (Popperfoto/Reuters) 25. Volkswagen plant, Shanghai (Magnum/Stuart Franklin) 26. The National People's Congress in session (Corbis/AFP) 27. Nanjing Road,Shanghai (Corbis/Keren Su) 28. Shoppers in Beijing (Popperfoto/Reuters)