China

<strong>China</strong>'s transformation in the last few decades has been perhaps the most remarkable -- and most controversial -- development in modern history.... » 

China's transformation in the last few decades has been perhaps the most remarkable -- and most controversial -- development in modern history. Barely a century removed from the struggling and outdated Qing Empire, China has managed to reinvent itself on an unprecedented scale: from Empire, to Communist state, to hybrid capitalist superpower. Yet the full implications of China's rapid march to modernity are not widely understood - particularly, the effects of China's meteoric rise on the nation¿s many ethnic minorities. China: A Modern History is the definitive guide to this complex contemporary phenomenon. «