In Modern China: All That Matters, Jonathan Clements presents China as the Chinese themselves see it.
He explains the key issues of national reconstruction, the Cold War, the Cultural Revolution, and the dizzying spectacle of China's economic reform.
Clements offers a Chinese perspective on such events as the handover of Hong Kong, and chronicles the historical events that continue to resonate today in Chinese politics, economics and culture. A final chapter examines China's role in the global marketplace, its indirect effect on foreign economies and its growing military might. In his most provocative assertion, Clements suggests that China's contemporary problems are not the trials of a developing nation, but a possible vision of our own future.
This accessible and informative book will appeal both to students and general readers, giving a fascinating introduction to modern China - and what matters most about it.