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China beyond the Headlines

von: Timothy B. Weston, Lionel M. Jensen
36,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	22.03.2000
ISBN/EAN:	9780742573116
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	392

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Titelbeschreibung

This unique book takes the reader Obeyond the headlinesO to explore a China few Westerners have seen. The authors argue that the great gap between what specialists understand and the general public believes has led to distorted and potentially dangerous misunderstandings of China. Seeking to bridge that gap, a group of prominent scholars and activists challenge readers to move past the usual images of China presented by the media and to think about the common problems shared by China and the United States. In a morally engaged spirit, they explore such issues as environmental degradation, unemployment, growing inequality, ethnicity, human rights, corruption, and changing images of women to bring to life the fabric of contemporary Chinese life and how it twines around the political consciousness of Americans.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This unique book takes the reader 'beyond the headlines' to explore a China few Westerners have seen. The authors argue that the great gap between what specialists understand and the general public believes has led to distorted and potentially dangerous misunderstandings of China. Seeking to bridge that gap, a group of prominent scholars and activists challenge readers to move past the usual images of China presented by the media and to think about the common problems shared by China and the United States.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1
 Chapter Foreword Geremie Barmé
 Chapter 2 Chronology
 Chapter 3 Table of Equivalents and Measures
 Chapter 4 Foreword: Between the Linesand beyond the Text
 Chapter 5 Preface and Acknowledgements
 Chapter 6 Map: The World and China
 Chapter 7 Map: China
 Chapter 8 Introduction: LEAD STORY?Favored Nations, Intertwined Fates
 Chapter 9 I: Above the Fold
 Chapter 10 1 Big Bad China and the Good Chinese: An American Fairy Tale
 Chapter 11 2 Everyone's a Player, but the Nation's a Loser: Corruption in Contemporary China
 Chapter 12 3 China's Many Faces: Ethnic, Cultural, and Religious Pluralism
 Chapter 13 4 Promoting Human Rights in China: An Activist's Perspective
 Chapter 14 5 China's Road to a Democratic Society: Perils and Prospects
 Chapter 15 6 Beyond Exceptionalism: China's Intellectuals from Tragic Heros to U.S. Allies
 Chapter 16 7 Identity and Diversity: Complexities and Contradictions of Chinese Nationalism
 Chapter 17 8 China's New Economic Reforms: Replacing Iron Rice Bowls with Plastic Cups
 Chapter 18 II: Below the Fold
 Chapter 19 9 Development and Destruction: The Dimensions of China's Environmental Challenge
 Chapter 20 10 Marketing Chinese Femininity: Images of the Modern Chinese Woman
 Chapter 21 11 China's Labor Woes: Will the Workers Crash the Party?
 Chapter 22 12 Reading Out-of-Print: Popular Culture and Protest of China's Western Frontier
 Chapter 23 13 China's Market Reform: Whose Human Rights Problem?
 Chapter 24 14 Border Crossings: Chinese Writing in Their World and Ours
 Chapter 25 Afterword: EXTRA?Headlines Obscure the Real Story
 Chapter 26 Index
 Chapter 27 About the Editors and Contributors

Autorenportrait

Timothy B. Weston is associate professor of history, University of Colorado at Boulder. Lionel M. Jensen is associate professor and chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame.