Starr, John Bryan, <br/><br/>
Understanding China :  a guide to China's economy, history, and political culture / 
spine title :  Understanding China. 
John Bryan Starr. 
 - Third edition. 
 - x, 432 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book--now revised and updated for the new century--Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present and future. The death of Deng Xioaping in February 1997, revelations about Chinese influence in our election campaigns, and Chinese eagerness to acquire advanced American technology, are only some of the developments that show how urgently we need to know and understand China better than we do. In this revised edition of his essential book, Starr focuses his shrewd attention on them all. He furnishes additional material on China's relations with Taiwan and Tibet, the transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese rule, China's nuclear weapons program, and its environmental and human rights records. -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780809016518  Hadiah 0809016516 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Politics and government--1976-2002.<br/>China--Politics and government--2002-<br/>China--Economic conditions--1976-2000.<br/>China--Economic conditions--2000-