List of Maps List of Illustrations Note to the Reader Preface Introduction: Middle Kingdom to Modern State COMPANION TO MODERN CHINA Chronology Selected Recommended Reading Index List of Maps Physical China Political China Major crop areas Major ethnic minorities Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China-India disputed borders The Long March Macau Special Administrative Region Manchuguo and China First stage of the Northern Expedition--1926 Chinese overseas China's military regions Urban population South China Sea Republic of China on Taiwan Three Gorges Dam Tibet Treaty ports and foreign territories Tumen River Economic Zone Weihaiwei and neighbouring foreign territories Yangtze River List of Illustrations (Photographic acknowledgements are given in parentheses) 1. The Empress Dowager Ci Xi (Corbis/Bettmann) 2. Yuan Shi-kai (Popperfoto) 3. Sun Yat-sen (Corbis/Bettmann) 4. Chiang Kai-shek (Corbis) 5. Mao Zedong (Corbis/Bettmann) 6. Deng Xiaoping (Corbis/Bettmann) 7. Jiang Zemin (Corbis/AFP) 8. Chen Shui-bian (Camera Press) 9. Tung Chee-hwa (Corbis/AFP) 10. Edmund Ho Hau-wah (Corbis/AFP) 11. The Politburo Standing Committee (Camera Press) 12. Execution of Boxer rebel (Corbis/Hulton Getty) 13. Armed picket searching a suspected revolutionary (Popperfoto) 14. Japanese soldiers in Hangzhou (Magnum Photos) 15. Mao addresses party members at Yanan (Camera Press) 16. Mao declaring the foundation of the People's Republic of China (Magnum Photos/New China Pictures) 17. Production Brigade marches to work (Magnum Photos/Rene 'Burri) 18. Propaganda poster from the Cultural Revolution (Vintage Magazine Archive) 19. 'Class enemies' being paraded before the masses (Corbis/Bettman) 20. Democracy Wall, Beijing (Colori fic) 21. Demonstrations in Tibet (Katz Pictures/Steve Lehman) 22. Pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square (Topham Picturepoint) 23. Celebrating fifty years of Communist rule (Camera Press) 24. Traditional farming, Hainan (Popperfoto/Reuters) 25. Volkswagen plant, Shanghai (Magnum/Stuart Franklin) 26. The National People's Congress in session (Corbis/AFP) 27. Nanjing Road,Shanghai (Corbis/Keren Su) 28. Shoppers in Beijing (Popperfoto/Reuters)
You could not possibly have a better guide to China than Graham Hutchings. His book--the product of years of scholarship and first-hand experience--is sharply written, perceptive, and judicious. That overworked word 'indispensable' is for once wholly deserved. -- Christopher Patten, last governor of Hong Kong
Graham Hutchings studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and was the China correspondent for London’s Daily Telegraph for more than a decade.
Hutchings’ focus on events of the 20th century provides a clean
temporal boundary—a century marked by revolutionary movements and
institutions, change and evolutions, all dominated by communism—the
period in which China established itself as a major actor on the
world stage. The author intends to create ‘neither a dictionary nor
an encyclopedia,’ ‘to be authoritative rather than academic;
comprehensive rather than exhaustive; enjoyable as well as
enlightening.’ The result is a work that can serve as a reference
resource, tempered by a recognition of the author’s deliberate use
of ‘point of view’ essays… [T]he book has much value. It is an
ambitious and affordable resource.
*Choice*
This book offers an excellent summary of many important aspects of
China in the modern era. As the China correspondent for London’s
Daily Telegraph for over a decade, educated at the School of
Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Hutchings
has compiled a useful ‘dictionary’ of prominent people, places,
policies, and political events that comprise the country’s
landscape. The entries, preceded by an introduction discussing
general themes, are concise and complete, simplified but not
simplistic, and supplemented by helpful inserts… Highly
recommended.
*Library Journal*
You could not possibly have a better guide to China than Graham
Hutchings. His book—the product of years of scholarship and
first-hand experience—is sharply written, perceptive, and
judicious. That overworked word ‘indispensable’ is for once wholly
deserved.
*Christopher Patten, last Governor of Hong Kong*
Hutchings' focus on events of the 20th century provides a clean
temporal boundary-a century marked by revolutionary movements and
institutions, change and evolutions, all dominated by communism-the
period in which China established itself as a major actor on the
world stage. The author intends to create 'neither a dictionary nor
an encyclopedia,' 'to be authoritative rather than academic;
comprehensive rather than exhaustive; enjoyable as well as
enlightening.' The result is a work that can serve as a reference
resource, tempered by a recognition of the author's deliberate use
of 'point of view' essays... [T]he book has much value. It is an
ambitious and affordable resource. -- K. W. Berger * Choice *
This book offers an excellent summary of many important aspects of
China in the modern era. As the China correspondent for London's
Daily Telegraph for over a decade, educated at the School of
Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Hutchings
has compiled a useful 'dictionary' of prominent people, places,
policies, and political events that comprise the country's
landscape. The entries, preceded by an introduction discussing
general themes, are concise and complete, simplified but not
simplistic, and supplemented by helpful inserts... Highly
recommended. -- Peggy Spitzer * Library Journal *
You could not possibly have a better guide to China than Graham
Hutchings. His book-the product of years of scholarship and
first-hand experience-is sharply written, perceptive, and
judicious. That overworked word 'indispensable' is for once wholly
deserved. -- Christopher Patten, last Governor of Hong Kong
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