Chinese Whispers
why everything you've heard about china is wrong
$32.31
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2014
Summary
Decoding the Dragon: Unmasking the Myths of Modern China
‘Chu’s smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions’ [NEW STATESMEN] about modern China and offers a corrective to Western assumptions.
THE CHINESE ARE THE MOST HARDWORKING PEOPLE ON EARTH…
so why are the younger generation derided as spoiled and lazy?
CHINESE PEOPLE DON’T CARE ABOUT POLITICAL FREEDOM…
so why is the country’s internet exploding with anti-regime d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780224749 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1780224745 |
| Author: | Ben Chu |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Chu’s smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions - or “whispers” - to let in light on a heterogenous nation about which it is impossible to generalise– NEW STATESMAN
Chu’s smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions - or “whispers” - to let in light on a heterogenous nation about which it is impossible to generalise - NEW STATESMAN
Forget Confucius, [Chu says]: China’s thinking is modern, not ancient - THE TIMESAbout The Author
Ben Chu
Ben Chu is the Economics Editor of THE INDEPENDENT. He was born and brought up in Manchester, and studied Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford.
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