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Author Fenby, Jonathan.

Title Tiger head, snake tails : China today, how it got there, and where it is heading / Jonathan Fenby.

Imprint New York : Overlook, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  951.06 F351t 2012    ---  Available
Description xii, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary Using a viewpoint that sees the country from the inside out, Jonathan Fenby links together the myriad features of today's China to arrive at a coherent picture of its nature and depict its future, both internally and in its impact on the rest of the world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-405) and index.
Contents Never before -- A nation on speed -- Riding the rail -- Mega-China -- The motley nation -- The giant hotpot -- On the edge -- Power control -- How China grew -- Owning history -- Shadows of the past -- The world and China -- China and the world -- The last frontier -- Lack of trust -- Cracks in the mirror -- The price of success -- The unfinished revolution.
Subject China -- History -- 21st century.
China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century -- Forecasting.
ISBN 1468303414
9781468303414

 
    
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