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Wild Ride

A short history of the opening and closing of the Chinese economy

By: Anne Stevenson-Yang

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Wild Ride

A short history of the opening and closing of the Chinese economy

By: Anne Stevenson-Yang

How did China grow from an impoverished country to become the second largest economy in the world in just over four decades? And how did this economic miracle come to an end, as seems the case today?To understand the story of China's rapid rise and equally rapid fall, author Anne Stevenson-Yang takes us back to the beginning, when Deng Xiaoping took over and opened its moribund economy to Western money and know-how. Stevenson-Yang, who lived and worked in China for a quarter of a century, traces each decade of China's tumultuous development, from the roaring 1980s to today's malaise.In her first-hand account, Wild Ride, Stevenson-Yang concludes that China is returning to the poverty and isolation of the Mao era. What happened to the promise of the political change that would come with the opening of the economy? And the institutional reforms of the last four decades?The author says all that change was all an illusion. Communist China, being interested only in survival, played along and the West fell for it. With the rise of Xi Jinping, that capitalist experiment is over. 'It took me years to understand that I was an unwitting player in an elaborate dramatic confection.

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Bui Jones

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1739424360

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9781739424367

Hello, Kitty and Other Stories

By: Anne Stevenson-Yang

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Hello, Kitty and Other Stories

By: Anne Stevenson-Yang

CHINA' S SEAMY UNDERSIDEKitty and her teenage friends, squatting in an empty apartment, are looking for gas to cook instant noodles. Bai Song and his wife, who live in the unit across the hallway, have a well-equipped kitchen with all the mod cons. Plus they' re old and retired, meaning they' re ripe for a bit of rough fun, Clockwork Orange-style.China at the turn of the century. Everything is upside down. Respect for your elders? You' ve got be joking. Communism? Yeah right. Cut-throat capitalism is the only way to get ahead. “ To get rich is glorious” .In ten wonderfully surreal stories, Anne Stevenson-Yang conjures up the atmosphere of a society in freefall. China as you' ve never imagined it: a wife who fakes her divorce so she can buy an apartment; neglected teens who tie up an elderly couple so they can use their kitchen; a country girl who poisons a disabled man for a residence permit.Living in China for nearly twenty-five years, Stevenson-Yang became fascinated in the “ muffled violence beneath the placid surface” .

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1739424336

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Hello, Kitty and Other Stories

By: Anne Stevenson-Yang

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Wild Ride

A short history of the opening and closing of the Chinese economy

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A short history of the opening and closing of the Chinese economy

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The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing

By: Anne-Marie Broudehoux

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The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing

By: Anne-Marie Broudehoux

Describes the changing life of the city and its inhabitants during the final decades of the twentieth century and examines the complex forces at play in the search for modernity. The author presents us with four case studies of how the city is marketing and selling itself (including its refurbishment for the 2008 Olympic bid) and concludes that Beijing's urban image construction may provide an avenue for opposition groups to challenge the hegemony of those in power.

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Routledge

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1134360606

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Book's by Anne Stevenson-Yang

Wild Ride

Wild Ride

Hello, Kitty and Other Stories

Hello, Kitty and Other Stories

Hello, Kitty and Other Stories

Hello, Kitty and Other Stories

Wild Ride

Wild Ride

The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing

The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing

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