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A Tale of Two Chinas

By Hugh Battye

A Tale of Two Chinas

By Hugh Battye

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"Du wan juan shu, xing wan li lu""Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles" -Traditional Chinese sayingA Tale of Two Chinas is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of China in the early-mid twenty-first century. Based on Hugh Battye's own compelling fifteen-year China journey, the book takes the reader on a topical odyssey, covering many of the major economic, political and cultural themes of the later Reform years, as well as of President Xi Jinping's current New Era. Through the vividly contrasting, yet complementary, descriptions of the "two Chinas" he experienced - the sophisticated society of the Chinese urban mainstream on the one hand, and the vibrant Muslim and Tibetan Buddhist minority cultures of the rural northwest on the other - the author provides a fresh, holistic and accessible account of a country that, despite its superpower status, still remains largely opaque to many in the non-Chinese-speaking world.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
382
Release Date:
2026-02-11
Publication Date:
2026-02-17
Publisher:
Hugh Battye
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1919322701
ISBN13:
9781919322704
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
459 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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