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A tale of two Chinas: in modern China, development is sacred—and history is becoming a thing of the past
AFTER A century of political chaos, foreign occupation, and Maoist revolution, China has been reborn. No longer the "poor man of Asia," the nation has, ......(Continue Reading) An Intellectual History of Modern China
An Intellectual History of Modern China, edited by Merle Goldman and Leo Ou-Fan Lee, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001. 607 pp. $90.00 US (cloth), ......(Continue Reading)A Modern History of Hong Kong
A Modern History of Hong Kong. Steve Tsang. I.B. Tauris. [pounds sterling]35.00 (US$59.50). xii + 340 pages. ISBN 1-86064-184-9. As the author points ......(Continue Reading)A short history of free speech in China
200 BC The legacy of Confucius From 200 BC to the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese statecraft was based on the ideas of Confucius, a political ......(Continue Reading)A HISTORY OF MODERN SHANGHAI BANKING: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism
A HISTORY OF MODERN SHANGHAI BANKING: The Rise and Decline of China's Finance Capitalism. By Zhaojinji. Armonk (New York), London: M.E. Sharpe. 2003. xxxviii, 325 pp. (Photos, tables, illustrations.)...(Continue Reading)
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