The Complete Idiot's Guide to Modern ChinaPenguin, 1 בספט׳ 2002 - 334 עמודים An informative guide to the roots of modern China and the key challenges and opportunities that face that nation today. -- Explores whether China will play an important role as world leader or world pariah in the future! A lucid presentation of China's contemporary culture and society and the modern historical landmarks that have influenced it are the centerpiece of The Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to Modern China. Defining events that will be covered in the first half of the book range from Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution to the era of Deng Xiaoping and the Tiananman Square Massacre to China's more recent take over of Hong Kong and its acceptance into the WTO. The latter half of the guide will examine important but complex questions about Chinese domestic challenges with human rights, education, the environment, Tibet and opportunities in economic growth and world leadership, as well as its increasingly important foreign relations -- friendly and hostile. |
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The Lay of the Land | 3 |
China Shapes lts Land | 6 |
Mapping Modern China | 8 |
Chinas Diverse Regions | 9 |
The East | 10 |
The Yellow River Valley | 11 |
The Yangzi River Valley | 12 |
The South | 13 |
Maos Disaster | 137 |
Mass Campaigns | 138 |
Thought Reform | 139 |
The Hundred Flowers Debacle | 141 |
The Great Leap Forward | 142 |
Mobilizing the Peasants | 143 |
China Falls Back | 144 |
The Falun Gong | 184 |
Offshore China | 14 |
The West | 15 |
Qinghai Province | 16 |
The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region | 17 |
The Northeast | 18 |
The Dynasties | 21 |
China Past | 22 |
The Qin Empire 221 BCC1912 cc | 24 |
The Han Dynasty 206 BU220 cc | 25 |
Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties 221618 cc | 26 |
The Song Dynasty 9601279 CE | 27 |
Genghis Khan | 28 |
Ruler of Rulers | 30 |
The Yuan Mongol Dynasty 1279168 ct | 31 |
Marco Polo | 32 |
The Ming Dynasty 13681644 CE | 33 |
Europe Arrives | 34 |
The Empire Fades | 37 |
The Opium War | 38 |
The Treaty of Nanjing | 39 |
The West Goes East | 40 |
Restoration and Reform | 41 |
War with Japan | 42 |
The Boxer Rebellion | 43 |
The Open Door Policy | 44 |
The Beginning of the End | 45 |
The Last Emperor Pu Yi | 46 |
The Revolution of 1911 | 47 |
Dr Sun Yatsen | 48 |
Yuan Shikai | 49 |
The Revolution | 50 |
The Return of Yuan | 51 |
The Republic of China | 52 |
President Yuan | 53 |
Politics by Assassination | 54 |
Another Autocracy | 55 |
The Death of Yuan | 56 |
From Chaos to Communism | 59 |
Warlords in Command | 60 |
The New Tide Society | 61 |
The Birth of Chinese Communism | 62 |
Dealing with the Soviets | 63 |
Sun and the Warlords | 64 |
The Defeat of the Warlords | 65 |
The Purge of the Communists | 66 |
Enter Mao Zedong | 67 |
The Long March | 68 |
Chinas Enduring Past | 71 |
Cultural Legacies | 73 |
Philosophical lnfluences | 74 |
Buddhism | 76 |
A Look at the Chinese Language | 77 |
One Chinese Versus Many | 78 |
You Say Peking l Say Beijing | 79 |
Chinese a Language with Characters | 81 |
A Word on Simplified Characters | 83 |
State and Society | 85 |
The Confucian Code | 86 |
The Old Social Order | 89 |
The Family | 90 |
Womens Place in the Family | 91 |
Family and Society After Communism | 92 |
Education | 94 |
Education Today | 95 |
Higher Education | 96 |
Literacy | 97 |
The Central Government | 98 |
Local Governments | 99 |
Modern China Revisits Confucius | 100 |
Chinas Triumphs | 103 |
Continuity in Change | 104 |
Printing | 105 |
Gunpowder | 106 |
Keeping Records | 107 |
Traditional Chinese Medicine | 108 |
Arts and Letters | 110 |
The Buddhist Era | 111 |
From the Tang to the Qing | 112 |
The Song Dynasties | 113 |
The Yuan Mongol Dynasty | 114 |
Other Triumphs | 115 |
From Mao to the Millenium | 117 |
Maos Dream | 119 |
The Japanese Threat | 120 |
The NotSoUnited Front | 121 |
The Japanese lnvasion | 122 |
Social Engineer | 123 |
The CCPs Leaders | 124 |
Lin Biao | 125 |
Civil War in China | 128 |
Maos New Government | 129 |
Maos Programs and Plans | 132 |
Agricultural Collectivization | 133 |
Hew Foreign Policy | 134 |
The Legacy of Tiananmen | 185 |
lnside Todays China | 187 |
The New Generation | 189 |
Whats New? | 190 |
The Workers with High lncomes | 191 |
The Rural Picture | 193 |
The Status of Women | 194 |
Chinas Youth | 197 |
lntellectuals | 198 |
NGOs | 200 |
Pressure Points | 203 |
Recipe for Conflict | 204 |
Legal Reforms | 205 |
Growing Economy Growing lnequities | 207 |
Rural Poverty | 208 |
Corruption | 210 |
Yu Baozhonqs Case | 212 |
Environmental Crises | 213 |
Air Pollution | 214 |
Water Pollution | 215 |
The Three Gorges Dam | 216 |
The Rule of Law | 217 |
Strained Relations | 219 |
The Other China | 220 |
Hong Kong | 223 |
Tibet | 225 |
Xinjiang and lslam | 227 |
Religious Organizations | 229 |
Christians | 231 |
The Outside World | 233 |
Asian Neighbors | 235 |
Russia | 236 |
The Koreas | 237 |
Keeping an Eye on Japan | 239 |
Vietnam | 240 |
Singapore Malaysia lndonesia and the Philippines | 241 |
Malaysia | 242 |
The Philippines | 243 |
Regional Trade | 244 |
From Local to Global | 247 |
Media Roundup | 248 |
Radio and Television | 249 |
The lnternet | 251 |
Books | 252 |
Art in China | 253 |
Music | 254 |
Foreign Film Distribution | 255 |
Fashion | 256 |
Food | 258 |
Lifestyles | 259 |
The Gay Lifestyle | 260 |
AlDS | 261 |
China and the United States | 263 |
Looking Back | 264 |
World War ll | 265 |
Korea | 266 |
USChina Detente | 267 |
Taiwan Troubles | 268 |
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation | 269 |
USChina Relations After 1989 | 270 |
Permanent Normal Trade Relations | 271 |
ls US Policy Effective? | 272 |
Trade and lnvestment Relations | 273 |
US lnvestment in China | 274 |
Three Ways to lnvest in China | 276 |
Mixing Business and Politics | 277 |
Place Your Bets | 279 |
Running the Store | 281 |
The New Leadership | 282 |
Hu Jintao | 283 |
Wen Jiabao | 284 |
Li Ruihuan | 285 |
Other Prominent Leaders | 286 |
Behind the Scenes | 288 |
The Role of the PLA | 289 |
New and Continuing Challenges | 290 |
Government Corruption | 291 |
Pressure Points Outside of China | 292 |
Relations with the United States | 293 |
The Globalization Game | 295 |
Ready or Not | 296 |
The Global Economic Picture | 297 |
Who Wins Who Loses? | 298 |
Chinese Enterprises | 299 |
Down on the Farm | 300 |
Foreign lnvestors | 301 |
Playing by the Rules | 302 |
ls China a Military Threat? | 303 |
ChinaUS Relations | 304 |
Glossary | 307 |
Further Reading | 311 |
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