Dillon, Michael,

Contemporary China : an introduction/ Michael Dillon. - 1st ed. - London ; New York : Routledge, c2009. - xvi, 291 p. : 24 cm.

"First published 2007 by Routledge ... Abingdon, Oxon ... " "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."

Part 1. Introduction -- Land and people -- China's past in the present -- Part 2. The economy -- Economic growth and the changing economy -- Rural economy -- Urban and industrial economy -- Banking, finance and foreign trade -- Tourism and transport -- Part 3. Society -- Rural and urban social change -- Education and health -- Law and human rights -- Mass media -- Religion and ethnic minorities -- Gender and modernisation -- Environment -- Part 4. Politics and international relations -- Government and politics -- Fourth generation leadership -- Tibet -- Xinjiang -- Hong Kong -- Taiwan -- Western development programme -- China and the world 1: strategic relationships -- China and the world 2: new neighbours to the west -- China rising and a "harmonious society?"

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China.

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