China Briefing, 1985 offers a comprehensive review of the political, social, economic, educational, and international dynamics of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1984, viewed from a long-term perspective. With contributions from a number of leading experts on China, this volume reviews important events such as the student demonstrations in the spring and summer of 1984 and their impact …
Wind in the Tower completes Han Suyin's monumental biography of Mao Tsetung; it is the culmination of the only history of the Chinese Revolution complete with the life story of that revolution's architect. The first volume, The Morning Deluge, followed Mao's career through World War Il and the struggle against Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang forces. The present volume covers the building stage of…
This book analyzes the political direction and transformation of China following the leadership of Deng Xiaoping. Edited by Umar Suryadi Bakry, the volume examines China’s economic reforms, political restructuring, and social changes during the transitional period after Deng’s era. It provides insights into China’s domestic and foreign policies, the challenges of modernization, and the na…
Red China Today by Edgar Snow is an in-depth journalistic report on the development of the People's Republic of China during the early years of Mao Zedong's leadership. Continuing his monumental work Red Star Over China, Snow returned to China to review the political, social, and economic changes that occurred after the revolution was successfully established. This book captures the major trans…
Portrait of a People by John Fraser is an in-depth report on the life of the Chinese people at the end of the 20th century, written based on the author's direct experience as a foreign correspondent living and working in China. Fraser describes the social, cultural, and political realities of China through keen observation and interviews with various segments of society, from government officia…
This book explores the idea of the “Chinese Dream” and its significance for China and the wider world. The author (editor) examines how the Chinese Dream is understood as an ideal of national renaissance, prosperity, socio-political development, and China's global position. It also analyzes questions such as: is the Chinese Dream a vision of national renaissance or global domination? …
Amongst the Chinese exists great cultural variety and diversity. The Cantonese care more for profit than face and are good businessmen, whereas Fujian R n are frank, blunt and outspoken but daring and generous. Beijing R n are more aristocratic and well-mannered, having stayed in a city ruled by emperors of different dynasties. Shanghai R n are more enterprising, adventurous and materialistic b…
This study examines the two major Malay political parties in Malaysia, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Partai Islam (PAS), focusing on the years 1945 - 1969 to coincide with the emergence of broadly based political parties and the ending of an era in Malaysian politics with the tragic racial riots in May 1969. There is an introductory chapter giving an overview of the pre-196…
Indira Gandhi by Dom Moraes is a deeply researched and intimate biography of Indira Gandhi, written by a journalist who had access to her personal circle. Published in 1980, it covers her early life, political rise, leadership as Prime Minister of India, and her personal struggles. Moraes provides a portrait of Indira as a complex leader — strong yet vulnerable, charismatic yet controversial.…
In this meticulously researched and iconoclastic work, the internationally respected Palestinian analyst and writer Said K. Aburish turns the current Western perception of Arafat upside-down and presents a re-examination of the leader's life. Judged by how the West now views him, Arafat has undergone one of the fastest transformations of any public figure in recorded history. In a mere four yea…