China watcher

Richard Baum

China watcher : confessions of a Peking Tom /Richard Baum - Seattle : University of Washington Press , ©2010. - xiii, 328 pages ;24 cm. - Samuel and Althea Stroum book. .

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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