Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover) by Orville Schell, John Delury

from NielsenGW

It's mildly sad that the signing of the Unequal Treaties at the end of the First Opium War in 1842 signaled China's entrance into the modern era. China's cultural heritage had been one of self-sufficiency, technological innovation, and dynastic coherence. Rebellion after rebellion ended the 365-y...

from pbjwelch

Vignettes of a selection of 19 and 20C men (and one woman) who have transformed China in its search for global respect (and wealth and power, of course...which it seems to be how China thinks it will gain global respect). All the usual suspects are here -- Mao, Jiang Zemin, Chiang Kaishek, Sun Ya...

from clifforddham

Must be first rate, definitive study/overview of China's coming back onto the world stage and the challenges that lie in that for the people of China as well as all the people of the world. The consensus model versus the authoritatian model. Just listened to an outstanding, open hearted prestetat...