Where is China heading in the 21st century? Can its Communist Party survive or is it being challenged by growing inequality and unrest? Will the US and China cooperate or compete in a dangerous future? Will China's economic boom be brought to a halt by environmental catastrophe? In this highly readable account, John Gittings provides the essential information to help answer these vital questions for the world. In the 60 years since Mao Zedong took the road to victory, China has undergone not one but two revolutions. The first swept away the old corrupt society and sought to build a 'spotless' new socialism behind closed doors; the second since Mao's death has focused on an economic agenda which accepts the goals of global capitalism. From Mao to the global market, Gittings charts this complex but epic tale and concludes with some hard questions for the future.
- ISBN10 019280734X
- ISBN13 9780192807342
- Publish Date 1 October 2006 (first published 21 July 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English