The Chinese
- List Price: $27.50
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Free Press
- Publish date: 12/01/2000
Description:
As a growing global force with 1.25 billion inhabitants, China is one of the most fascinating, and least understood, countries on the world stage. Much has been written about its economic reforms, military ambitions, and political in-fighting, but the character of its people has remained mostly unplumbed -- until now.
Expand description
For twenty years, journalist Jasper Becker has criss-crossed the country, often traveling in forbidden provinces, in order to get to the heart of the Chinese people. From the powerful new businessmen on the southeast perimeter to governmental apparatchiks to remote, illiterate peasants, Becker brings alive the Chinese in all their complexity. Not since Hedrick Smith's The Russians has such an alluring cast of characters been assembled, their real-life stories so richly told. The Chinese is an utterly compelling and intimate portrait of the people who make up this looming social, economic, and political powerhouse.
Please Wait