
The Southern tour : Deng Xiaoping and the fight for China's future
Jonathan Chatwin
Bok · Engelsk · 2024 · Biografier
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Omfang | xxiv, 174 sider : illustrasjoner, kart
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Opplysninger | 'Time is money' -- Beijing, 1989 -- Unfinished business -- The Southern tour -- Departure -- The thoroughfare of nine provinces -- The East wind brings spring all around -- Well water and river water -- 'Whoever is against reform will be driven out of power' -- The year of the monkey -- Return to the capital -- The story of spring -- The new era -- A southern tour. - "Jonathan Chatwin travels 3000 miles in the footsteps of Deng's legendary Southern Tour, pursuing the stories of his journey and examining its legacies in the country today. Chatwin explores a nation still gripped by the pursuit of wealth that Deng legitimized, and transformed by the large-scale urban developments exemplified by the mega-cities of southern China, such as Shenzhen and Guangdong. Drawing on historical and contemporary eyewitness accounts, The Southern Tour brings to life the story of China's transformation into a 21st century superpower"--
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ISBN | 9781350324053. - 9781350435711
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