China in the 21st century What everyone needs to know
Book - 2018
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press
[2018]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- Third edition
- Physical Description
- xx, 204 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780190659080
9780190659073
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Map
- Part I. Historical Legacies
- 1. Schools of Thought
- Who was Confucius?
- What were Confucius's core ideas?
- What was his political vision?
- How important was history to Confucius?
- Was Confucius celebrated in his own times?
- When did the ideas of Confucius gain influence?
- What was the status of Confucianism to 1949?
- Is Confucianism a religion?
- How did Confucius fare during the Mao years?
- How has Confucius fared since Mao's death?
- Why is Confucius back in favor?
- How has Confucius been used in recent years?
- Did Confucianism hinder imperial China's economic development?
- Does China have an indigenous "democratic" tradition?
- What does the Chinese term for democracy mean exactly?
- 2. Imperial China
- What were the main early dynasties?
- How did dynasties rule?
- What was the "dynastic cycle"?
- What were the political implications of this cyclical view?
- Did all dynasties govern in the same way?
- Was the status of women the same under all dynasties?
- How did dynasties interact with foreign countries?
- What was the Opium War?
- What impact did the Opium War have?
- Why did the Qing Dynasty fall?
- What internal developments weakened the Qing?
- What was the significance of peasant rebellions?
- What was the Taiping Uprising?
- Why was the 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War so important?
- What was the Boxer Rebellion?
- How has this crisis been misunderstood?
- How does the reputation of the crisis differ in China?
- Why does this difference in views of the Boxers matter?
- How did Qing rule finally end?
- Is imperial China still present in PRC political culture?
- 3. Revolutions and Revolutionaries
- Who was Sun Yat-sen?
- What happened to Sun after he became president?
- What was the Warlord Era?
- What was the May 4th Movement?
- Who was the most important writer of the May 4th era?
- How does the CCP view the May 4th era?
- What was the First United Front?
- Why was the May 30th Movement significant?
- What was the Northern Expedition?
- Who was Chiang Kai-shek?
- What was the Long March?
- What was the Rape of Nanjing?
- How did the Communists beat the Nationalists?
- What role have mass campaigns played in the PRC?
- What was the Resist America, Support Korea campaign?
- What was the Hundred Flowers Campaign?
- What happened during the Anti-Rightist Campaign?
- How did women fare during the first decade of the PRC?
- What sort of people were Mao and his main allies?
- How were Mao's writings viewed?
- What was the Great Leap Forward?
- What was the Cultural Revolution?
- What was the Gang of Four?
- Why hasn't Mao been repudiated by China's current leaders?
- Was Mao a monster?
- What is the current Chinese government's view of Mao?
- How do ordinary Chinese feel about Mao?
- Part II. The Present and the Future
- 4. From Mao to Now
- Who was Deng Xiaoping?
- Who were Deng's successors?
- What exactly did Deng do?
- What was the "One-Child" Policy?
- Was female infanticide encouraged to help limit population size?
- How Is Deng viewed now?
- What was the Democracy Wall movement?
- What happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989?
- Why hasn't the Chinese government changed its line on Tiananmen?
- What effect did the fall of other communist governments have on China?
- How did China's rulers avoid falling prey to the Leninist extinction?
- How has the government responded to protests since 1989?
- What is the CCP's stance toward religion in China?
- Why and how has the CCP suppressed the Falun Gong movement?
- Which Chinese artists and writers are deemed "dissidents"?
- Who was Liu Xiaobo?
- Who is Chen Guangcheng?
- Who are the Feminist Five?
- What is the role of the Internet in political dissent?
- What does the digital divide mean in China?
- Is the Great Firewall of China a unique structure?
- Why was hosting its first Olympics such a big deal for China?
- What does the handling of the Beijing Olympic Games say about today's China?
- Is contemporary China utterly unique?
- What does China have in common with other countries?
- 5. US-China Misunderstandings
- What is the most common thing Americans get wrong about China?
- Why is China's diversity overlooked?
- How does ethnicity contribute to the myth of homogeneity?
- How important are regional divides?
- How important are age divides in China?
- Is China a Big Brother state?
- What is the most common thing Chinese get wrong about the United States?
- How do US and Chinese views on Tibet differ?
- 8. The Future
- Is China bent on world domination?
- What is the future of relations between Beijing and Hong Kong?
- What is the likely future of PRC-Taiwan relations?
- Will China become the world's dominant economic power?
- How will urbanization shape China's future?
- Is China likely to become a democracy?
- How powerful is Chinese nationalism?
- What kind of government will China have in a decade?
- What big challenges lie ahead for the CCP?
- What big issues relating to the environment and energy does China face?
- Why are corruption and credibility concerns for the CCP?
- How can the United States and China adjust to an era in which they are the two superpowers?
- What other kinds of things do China and the United States have in common?
- Is this an argument for Americans to refrain from all criticism of China?
- Notes
- Further Resources
- Index
