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49 myths about China /
This engaging book highlights 49 prevalent myths about China's past, present, and future and weighs their truth or fiction. Leading a thoughtful and entertaining tour, the authors debunk widespread "knowledge" about Chinese culture, society, politics, and economy. Their timely work of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Norwegian |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. The party
- Myth 1: Communism is dead in China
- Myth 2: China is centrally controlled
- Myth 3: The leadership is deeply divided
- Myth 4: The Communist Party is a monolith
- Myth 5: The military is gaining political influence
- Myth 6: The Communist regime lacks legitimacy
- Myth 7: The Falun Gong is an apolitical movement that is persecuted for its religious beliefs
- Myth 8: Chinese media is just a mouthpiece of the Communist Party
- Part II. The people
- Myth 9: Chinese culture is incompatible with democracy
- Myth 10: Chinese have no manners
- Myth 11: Chinese people are not altruistic
- Myth 12: The individual has no value, only the collective does
- Myth 13: All Chinese are only children
- Myth 14: The Chinese people are homogeneous
- Myth 15: Communism has created gender equality in China
- Myth 16: The Chinese are atheists
- Myth 17: Shanghai is more liberal than Beijing
- Part III. Business and the economy
- Myth 18: "China Inc." is buying up the world
- Myth 19: China has the United States over a barrel
- Myth 20: China's economy is export-driven
- Myth 21: Chinese people are born moneymakers
- Myth 22: The Chinese don't take risks
- Myth 23: The Chinese are just copycats
- Myth 24: The state hinders economic development in China
- Myth 25: Unequal distribution of wealth is a source of social and political unrest
- Myth 26: All economic development is happening in the big cities on China's east coast
- Part IV. China and the world
- Myth 27: The Chinese are racist
- Myth 28: The Communist Party is kindling nationalism
- Myth 29: China will once again dominate East Asia
- Myth 30: China is colonizing Africa
- Myth 31: China is an environmental baddie
- Myth 32: The Chinese could tame North Korea ... if they wanted to
- Myth 33: China does not interfere in other states' internal affairs
- Part V. The past
- Myth 34: China's history spans five millennia
- Myth 35: China is called the "Middle Kingdom" because Chinese people believe their country is the center of the world
- Myth 36: China discovered the world in 1421
- Myth 37: All women were oppressed in ancient China
- Myth 38: China has no warrior culture
- Myth 39: Chinese history goes in circles
- Myth 40: Tibet was a "Shangri-La" until the Chinese came
- Myth 41: Mao was a monster
- Myth 42: The Chinese do not care about their own historical heritage
- Part VI. The future
- Myth 43: The Internet will topple the Communist Party
- Myth 44: The end of the Communist regime is near
- Myth 45: The Chinese are masters of long-term thinking
- Myth 46: The RMB will eclipse the dollar as the world's reserve currency
- Myth 47: China is a military threat
- Myth 48: Chinese will replace English as the world's language
- Myth 49: The twenty-first century belongs to China.