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100 1 $aBecker, Jasper.
245 14 $aThe Chinese /$cJasper Becker.
260 $aLondon :$bJohn Murray,$c2000.
300 $a464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"This book provides a general introduction to the Chinese, taking the reader on a journey from the poorest, those living in remote mountainous regions, to the most powerful families in the capital. In between it looks at how workers in state-owned enterprises and the new capitalists are navigating the transition from a planned to a market economy, and at who are the winners and losers in the scramble to make this new consumer market yield golden profits."--Jacket.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Through the Open Door -- 1. Eating Bitterness -- 2. Local Despots and Peasant Rebels -- 3. Getting Rich is Glorious -- 4. Behind the Walls -- 5. Inside the Zones -- 6. The Iron Rice Bowl -- 7. The Pig that Fears to Become Fat -- 8. The God of Wealth -- 9. Guttering Candles -- 10. Barefoot Doctors and Witch-doctors -- 11. The Stinking Ninth -- 12. Secret Empire -- 13. Tremble and Obey -- 14. The Rule of Law -- 15. Between Heaven and Earth -- Epilogue: Examining the Oracle Bones
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$y1976-
651 0 $aChina$xEconomic conditions$y1976-2000.
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651 0 $aChina$xHistory.
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648 7 $aSince 1976$2fast
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