Modern China

Providing an indispensable resource for students educators businessmen and officials investigating the transformative experience of modern China this book provides a comprehensive summary of the culture institutions traditions and international relations that have shaped today''s China Modern China author Xiaobing Li offers a resource far beyond a conventional encyclopedia providing not only comprehensive coverage of Chinese civilization and traditions but also addressing the values issues and critical views of China. As a result readers will better understand the transformative experience of the most populous country in the world and will grasp the complexity of the progress and problems behind the rise of China to a world superpower in less than 30 years.Written by an author who lived in China for three decades this encyclopedia addresses 16 key topics regarding China such as its geography government social classes and ethnicities gender-based identities arts media and food each followed by roughly 250 short entries related to each topic. All the entries are placed within a broad sociopolitical and socioeconomic contextual framework. The format and writing consistency through the book reflects a Chinese perspective and allows students to compare Chinese with Western and American views.