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Capitalism Social aspects China China Anecdotes China Economic conditions 2000- China Politics and government 21st century China Social conditions 1976-2000 China Social conditions 2000- China Social conditions 20th century Industrial productivity China Pomfret, John Social classes ChinaOsnos, Evan
Summary: "A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy--or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don't see is how both powerful and ordinary people are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.06 OSNSummary: Ye Haiyan is labeled a trouble maker by the Chinese government. Someone who embarrasses the state, for example, with public protests involving the civil rights of sex workers. She travels to Hainan Province to protest a case in which sexual mistreatment of elementary-age school girls by their principal has gone unprosecuted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HOOWood, Michael
Summary: Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years. After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, China has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951 WOOKingdon, Jessica
Summary: Looks at the social and economic classes in China and explores the pursuit of wealth, progress, and the "Chinese Dream."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grasshopper Film Llc 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ASCPomfret, John.
Summary: A first-hand account of the remarkable transformation of China over the past forty years. As a 20-year-old exchange student from Stanford in 1981, Pomfret spent a year at Nanjing University in China. His classmates were among those who survived the twin tragedies of Mao's rule--the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution--and whose success in government and private industry today are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2006