Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9788172237462
Length
xii+274p., Plates; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
Subjects
China is at an historical point where tradition and modernity, communism and capitalism, chaos and control, freedom and dissent, amongst other dualities rub up against each other on a daily basis. In order to remain in power through this period of fundamental and far-reaching transformations, the Chinese Communist Party must walk a tightrope, balancing and mediating the conflicting needs, desires and aspirations of its various constituencies. For Chinese people ...