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Ben Chu

Chinese Whispers

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Factory Girls
Facts about China
Far Eastern Politics
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Guide to modern China
History of China
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Introduction to modern China
James Kynge
Jonathan Fenby
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Misconceptions about China
Modern China
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politics in China
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Red Flags
SNAKE TAILS
Society in China
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TIGER HEAD
Tim Harford
Western assumptions about China
WHEN CHINA RULES THE WORLD
Will Hutton

Product details

  • ISBN 9781780224749
  • Weight: 260g
  • Dimensions: 128 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Sep 2014
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Description

'Chu's smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions' [NEW STATESMEN] about modern China and offers a corrective to Western assumptions.

THE CHINESE ARE THE MOST HARDWORKING PEOPLE ON EARTH...
so why are the younger generation derided as spoiled and lazy?

CHINESE PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICAL FREEDOM...
so why is the country's internet exploding with anti-regime dissent?

CHINA WILL ONE DAY RULE THE WORLD...
so why do the country's political leaders feel so insecure?

Perhaps it is time to stop engaging in a centuries-old game of Chinese whispers in which the facts have become more and more distorted in the telling.

Ben Chu examines the myths that have come to dominate our view of the world's most populous nation, forcing us to question everything we thought we knew about it. The result is a penetrating, surprising and provocative insight into China today.
About Ben Chu

Ben Chu is the Economics Editor of THE INDEPENDENT. He was born and brought up in Manchester, and studied Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford.

Read Ben Chu's blog at http://blogs.independent.co.uk/author/benchu and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BenChu_