Mao's China And Post-mao China: Revolution, Recovery And ...
Weatherley, Robert (Univ Of Cambridge, Uk & & King's College London, Uk & Univ Of Tartu, Estonia)
If the history of modern China was written as a book, its author would be accused of losing touch with reality. During the twentieth century, China underwent two revolutions, a number of wars, endured a radical and destabilising form of communism and then hurried quickly towards a system of open market economics whilst remaining under the control of a nominally communist party. Currently the fastest growing economy in the world with an increas...