China wakes : the struggle for the soul of a rising power / Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-484) and index.

Introduction : a chronology of China -- Maps -- Regions. Northeast China -- North China -- North-Northwest China -- Central China -- South China -- Southwest China -- Tibet and Qinghai -- Beijing -- Plant life -- Animal life -- Conservation -- History. The Great Wall -- The emperors -- Society in Imperial China -- The history of science and technology -- International contacts -- Western intrusion -- Downfall of the empire -- The rise of the Communist party -- The long march -- The life of Mao Zedong -- The Cultural Revolution -- Modern government/Deng Xiaoping

Society. Population and minority nationalities -- The role of women -- Religion today -- Life in the country -- Life in the city -- Education -- Medicine and health care -- Sports and leisure -- Food and regional cooking -- Customs and festivals -- Culture. The Chinese language -- Archaeological discoveries -- Painting and ceramics -- Metalwork, jade, and sculpture -- Silk and lacquer -- Architecture and gardens

China today. Natural resources -- Agriculture -- Light industry -- Heavy industry -- Developments in trade -- An expanding economy -- Transport and communications -- The army and defense -- Modern science and technology -- The visitor's China -- Hong Kong -- China's future -- The maps of China : index.

1. Confucianism in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan: The Value System of the Two Rice Economies -- 2. Tokugawa Japan: Isolation with Confucianism -- 3. The Qing Dynasty before the Opium War: Learning, Prosperity and Stability -- 4. From the Meiji Restoration to 1945: Bifurcating into an Industrial Mentality -- 5. From the Opium War to 1949: Social Chaos and Poverty -- 6. Japan after World War II: Rapid Economic Growth and Social Change -- 7. New China and the Cultural Revolution: Destruction of Knowledge -- 8. China's Economic Reform: Take-offs with Poverty as Solid Bases -- 9. Japan and China: Divergence versus Convergence.

The book examines the issues from philosophical, social, political, economic and historical perspectives to discover why Japanese industrialisation has been so much faster than China's and to examine how Chinese perspectives on social change have affected its economic history and current growth.

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