China in the 21st century : what everyone needs to know

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Main Authors: Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. (Author), Cunningham, Maura Elizabeth (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:3rd edition.
Series:What everyone needs to know.
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China > History > 21st century.
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505 0 0 |a Machine generated contents note:   |g pt. I   |t Historical Legacies --   |g 1.  |t Schools of Thought --   |t Who was Confucius? --   |t What were Confucius's core ideas? --   |t What was his political vision? --   |t How important was history to Confucius? --   |t Was Confucius celebrated in his own times? --   |t When did the ideas of Confucius gain influence? --   |t What was the status of Confucianism to 1949? --   |t Is Confucianism a religion? --   |t How did Confucius fare during the Mao years? --   |t How has Confucius fared since Mao's death? --   |t Why is Confucius back in favor? --   |t How has Confucius been used in recent years? --   |t Did Confucianism hinder imperial China's economic development? --   |t Does China have an indigenous "democratic" tradition? --   |t What does the Chinese term for democracy mean exactly? --   |g 2.  |t Imperial China --   |t What were the main early dynasties? --   |t How did dynasties rule? --   |t What was the "dynastic cycle"? --   |t What were the political implications of this cyclical view? --   |t Did all dynasties govern in the same way? --   |t Was the status of women the same under all dynasties? --   |t How did dynasties interact with foreign countries? --   |t What was the Opium War? --   |t What impact did the Opium War have? --   |t Why did the Qing Dynasty fall? --   |t What internal developments weakened the Qing? --   |t What was the significance of peasant rebellions? --   |t What was the Taiping Uprising? --   |t Why was the 1894--1895 Sino-Japanese War so important? --   |t What was the Boxer Rebellion? --   |t How has this crisis been misunderstood? --   |t How does the reputation of the crisis differ in China? --   |t Why does this difference in views of the Boxers matter? --   |t How did Qing rule finally end? --   |t Is imperial China still present in PRC political culture? --   |g 3.  |t Revolutions and Revolutionaries --   |t Who was Sun Yat-sen? --   |t What happened to Sun after he became president? --   |t What was the Warlord Era? --   |t What was the May 4th Movement? --   |t Who was the most important writer of the May 4th era? --   |t How does the CCP view the May 4th era? --   |t What was the First United Front? --   |t Why was the May 30th Movement significant? --   |t What was the Northern Expedition? --   |t Who was Chiang Kai-shek? --   |t What was the Long March? --   |t What was the Rape of Nanjing? --   |t How did the Communists beat the Nationalists? --   |t What role have mass campaigns played in the PRC? --   |t What was the Resist America, Support Korea campaign? --   |t What was the Hundred Flowers Campaign? --   |t What happened during the Anti-Rightist Campaign? --   |t How did women fare during the first decade of the PRC? --   |t What sort of people were Mao and his main allies? --   |t How were Mao's writings viewed? --   |t What was the Great Leap Forward? --   |t What was the Cultural Revolution? --   |t What was the Gang of Four? --   |t Why hasn't Mao been repudiated by China's current leaders? --   |t Was Mao a monster? --   |t What is the current Chinese government's view of Mao? --   |t How do ordinary Chinese feel about Mao? --   |g pt. II   |t Present and the Future --   |g 4.  |t From Mao to Now --   |t Who was Deng Xiaoping? --   |t Who were Deng's successors? --   |t What exactly did Deng do? --   |t What was the "One-Child" Policy? --   |t Was female infanticide encouraged to help limit population size? --   |t How is Deng viewed now? --   |t What was the Democracy Wall movement? --   |t What happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989? --   |t Why hasn't the Chinese government changed its line on Tiananmen? --   |t What effect did the fall of other communist governments have on China? --   |t How did China's rulers avoid falling prey to the Leninist extinction? --   |t How has the government responded to protests since 1989? --   |t What Is the CCP's stance toward religion in China? --   |t Why and how has the CCP suppressed the Falun Gong movement? --   |t Which Chinese artists and writers are deemed "dissidents"? --   |t Who was Liu Xiaobo? --   |t Who Is Chen Guangcheng? --   |t Who are the Feminist Five? --   |t What is the role of the Internet in political dissent? --   |t What does the digital divide mean in China? --   |t Is the Great Firewall of China a unique structure? --   |t Why was hosting its first Olympics such a big deal for China? --   |t What does the handling of the Beijing Olympic Games say about today's China? --   |t Is contemporary China utterly unique? --   |t What does China have in common with other countries? --   |g 5.  |t US-China Misunderstandings --   |t What is the most common thing Americans get wrong about China? --   |t Why is China's diversity overlooked? --   |t How does ethnicity contribute to the myth of homogeneity? --   |t How important are regional divides? --   |t How important are age divides in China? --   |t Is China a Big Brother state? --   |t What is the most common thing Chinese get wrong about the United States? --   |t How do US and Chinese views on Tibet differ? --   |g 6.  |t Future --   |t Is China bent on world domination? --   |t What is the future of relations between Beijing and Hong Kong? --   |t What is the likely future of PRC-Taiwan relations? --   |t Will China become the world's dominant economic power? --   |t How will urbanization shape China's future? --   |t Is China likely to become a democracy? --   |t How powerful is Chinese nationalism? --   |t What kind of government will China have in a decade? --   |t What big challenges lie ahead for the CCP? --   |t What big issues relating to the environment and energy does China face? --   |t Why are corruption and credibility concerns for the CCP? --   |t How can the United States and China adjust to an era in which they are the two superpowers? --   |t What other kinds of things do China and the United States have in common? --   |t Is this an argument for Americans to refrain from all criticism of China?. 
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