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China watcher : confessions of a Peking Tom /Richard Baum

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: Brijwasi Book Distributors | ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum bookPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press , ©2010.Description: xiii, 328 pages ;24 cmISBN:
  • 9780295992532
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 951.05092 BAU
Contents:
Preface -- The Occidental tourist -- A dissertation is not a dinner party -- Confessions of a Peking Tom -- Through the looking glass -- Democracy deferred -- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics -- The road to Tiananmen -- After the deluge -- China rising -- God in the machine -- The wild, wild west -- Beijing revisited -- China watching, then and now -- The Gini in the jar -- Loose ends.
Summary: Richard Baum shares anecdotes from his professional life as a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, discussing his experiences as a China watcher over the course of forty years.
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Preface --
The Occidental tourist --
A dissertation is not a dinner party --
Confessions of a Peking Tom --
Through the looking glass --
Democracy deferred --
Capitalism with Chinese characteristics --
The road to Tiananmen --
After the deluge --
China rising --
God in the machine --
The wild, wild west --
Beijing revisited --
China watching, then and now --
The Gini in the jar --
Loose ends.

Richard Baum shares anecdotes from his professional life as a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, discussing his experiences as a China watcher over the course of forty years.

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