Wealth and power : China's long march to the twenty-first century

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Wealth and power : China's long march to the twenty-first century

Title remainder

China's long march to the twenty-first century

Statement of responsibility

Orville Schell and John Delury

Creator

• Schell, Orville

Contributor

• Delury, John

Author

• Delury, John

Subject

• China -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
• China -- History -- 20th century
• China -- History -- 21st century
• China -- Biography
• China -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• China -- Politics and government -- 20th century
• China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"Two of today s foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of the nation s ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse that is at once analytical and personal. By now everyone knows the basic facts of China s rise to pre-eminence over the past three decades. But how did this erstwhile sleeping giant finally manage to arrive at its current phase of dynamic growth? How, after such a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval and revolution, foreign occupation and civil war, did a country once derided as the 'sick man of Asia' manage to break out of its old pattern of repeatedly failed reform efforts to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of hyper development and wealth creation? How did the century-long succession of failures to change somehow culminate in the extraordinary dynamism of China today? By examining the lives of eleven influential officials, writers, activists, and leaders whose contributions helped create modern China, Wealth and Power addresses these questions. The common goal that unites all of the most influential leaders of China is their determined pursuit of fuqiang, shorthand for 'wealth and power.' This abiding quest for a restoration of national greatness in the face of a century of humiliation at the hands of the Great Powers came to define the modern Chinese character. It s what drove both Mao and Deng to embark on root-and-branch transformations of Chinese society, first by means of Marxism-Leninism, then by authoritarian capitalism. And this determined quest remains the key to understanding many of China s actions today. By unwrapping the intellectual antecedents of today s resurgent China, Orville Schell and John Delury supply much-needed insight into the country s tortured progression from nineteenth-century decline to twenty-first-century boom. By looking backward into the past to understand forces at work for hundreds of years, they help us understand China today and the future that this singular country is helping shape for all of us"--provided by publisher

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

951.040922

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography