TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wasserstrom,Jeffrey N.
TI  - China in the 21st century: what everyone needs to know 
SN  - 0195394127
AV  - DS779.4 .W376 2010
U1  - 951.06 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; Historical Legacies --; 1; Schools of Thought --; Who was Confucius? --; What were Confucius's core ideas? --; What was his political vision? --; How important was history to Confucius? --; Has Confucius always been venerated in China? --; Was Confucius celebrated in his own times? --; When did the ideas of Confucius gain influence? --; How was Confucius viewed a century ago? --; Is Confucianism a religion? --; How has Confucius fared since 1949? --; Why is Confucius back in favor? --; How exactly is the new regime using Confucius? --; Did Confucianism hinder imperial China's economic development? --; Does China have an indigenous "democratic" tradition? --; What is the Chinese term for democracy and what exactly does it mean? --; 2; Imperial China --; What were the main early dynasties? --; How did dynasties rule? --; What was the "dynastic cycle"? --; What were the political implications of this cyclical view? --; Were all dynasties the same? --; How did dynasties interact with foreign countries? --; What was the Opium War? --; Why did the Qing Dynasty fall? --; What internal developments weakened the Qing? --; What was the significance of peasant rebellions? --; What impact did the Opium War have? --; What was the Taiping Uprising? --; Why was the 1894-1895 War with Japan so important? --; What was the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)? --; How has this crisis been misunderstood? --; How does the reputation of the crisis differ In China? --; Why does this difference in views of the Boxers matter? --; How did Qing rule finally end? --; Is the Chinese Communist Party a new dynasty? --; 3; Revolutions and Revolutionaries --; Who was Sun Yah sen? --; What happened to Sun after he became president? --; What was the "Warlord era"? --; What was the May 4th movement? --; Who was the most important radical writer of the May 4th era? --; How does the Communist Party view the May 4th era? --; Why was the example of the Russian Revolution so important? --; What was the First United Front? --; Why was the May 30th movement important? --; What was the Northern Expedition? --; Who was Chiang Kai-shek? --; What was the Long March? --; What was the Rape of Nanjing? --; How did the Communists beat the Nationalists? --; What role have mass campaigns played in the People's Republic of China? --; What were some important early mass campaigns? --; What was the Resist America, Support Korea campaign? --; What was the Hundred Flowers campaign? --; What happened during the Anti-Rightist campaign? --; What sort of people were Mao and his main allies? --; How were Mao's writings viewed? --; What was the Great Leap Forward? --; What was the Cultural Revolution? --; What was the Gang of Four? --; Why hasn't Mao been repudiated by China's current leaders? --; What is the alternative to viewing Mao as a monster? --; Is Mao seen in China as someone who made errors? --; How do ordinary Chinese feel about Mao? --; Part II; The Present and the Future --; 4; From Mao to Now --; Who was Deng Xiaoping? --; Who were Deng's successors? --; What exactly did Deng do? --; How is Deng viewed now? --; What was the Democracy Wall movement? --; What is the real story of the Tiananmen Uprising? --; Why hasn't the Chinese government changed its line on Tiananmen? --; What effect did the fall of other Communist governments have on China? --; How did China's rulers avoid falling prey to the "Leninist extinction"? --; How has the government responded to protests since 1989? --; Why and how has the CCP suppressed the Falun Gong movement? --; Who are the Chinese dissidents now? --; What is the role of the Internet in political dissent? --; What does the digital divide mean in China? --; Why were the 2008 Olympics such a big deal for China? --; What was unusual about China's preparations for the 2008 Olympics? --; What does the handling of the Olympics say about today's China? --; Will grand spectacles continue to be important to China? --; Why hold an Expo so soon after the Olympics? --; What is the "One-Child Family" policy? --; Was female infanticide encouraged to help limit population size? --; Is contemporary China utterly unique? --; What does China have in common with other countries? --; Is the Great Firewall of China a unique structure? --; 5; U.S-China Misunderstandings --; What is the most common thing Americans get wrong about China? --; Why is China's diversity overlooked? --; How does ethnicity come into the picture? --; How important are regional divides? --; How important are age divides in China? --; Is China still truly an atheist state? --; Is China a Big Brother state? --; What is the biggest source of Chinese misunderstanding of the United States? --; How do U.S. and Chinese views on Tibet differ? --; 6; The Future --; Is China bent on world domination? --; How likely is a war with Taiwan? --; Will China become the world's dominant economic power? --; Will China, long thought of as a land of villages, soon be a land of cities? --; Is China likely to become a democracy? --; How powerful is Chinese nationalism? --; What kind of government will China have in a decade? --; What big challenges lie ahead for the CCP? --; What big issues relating to the environment and energy does China face? --; Why is endemic corruption such a serious problem? --; How can the United States and China adjust to an era in which they are the two superpowers? --; What other kinds of things do China and the United States have in common? --; Is this an argument for Americans to refrain from all criticism of China?
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