This text offers a portrait of the political and social realities of "fin de siecle" China, and the global implications of its rise to economic and political power. It includes a section on the origins of Chinese capitalism and assesses China's relationship with democracy, socialism and capitalism.

About the Author

Maurice Meisner is the Harvey Goldberg Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin. He is currently the Visiting Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics.

Reviews

Lin Chun London School of Economics One of the foremost historians of our time, Professor Meisner offers a brilliant analysis in this new edition of the irony of Chinese socialism and of the origins of Chinese capitalism: the single most important theme in an age of catastrophic "transitions," with implications that go far beyond the border of the PRC.