The Chinese by Jasper Becker
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.
'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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| ISBN 13 | 9780719560361 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719560365 |
| Title | The Chinese |
| Author | Jasper Becker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2002-11-20 |
| Number of pages | 475 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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