The Second Chinese Revolution
Author | : E. Bregolat |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137475992 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137475994 |
Rating | : 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Second Chinese Revolution explores some of the keys to understanding China, a country whose evolution already affects all of us. Beginning in 1978 - when China's GDP was only 6% of the USA's - the author takes us through the different aspects that have played a fundamental role in the country's change: China's eruption in world markets in the background of the West's economic crisis; its obsession with science and technology and its relentless march towards a 'knowledge society'; and a reassessment of the Tiananmen Square events of June 1989 and the ongoing debate on political reform. The book also includes a comparative analysis of the reforms in China and Russia in the last decades.