{"product_id":"9781526634306","title":"China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower","description":"Author: Dikotter, Frank\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526634306\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Nov 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A revolutionary book' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A pulsating account' Peter Frankopan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did the People's Republic of China transform from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today? Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen archival documents, award-winning historian Frank Dikutter recasts our understanding of an era that both the regime and foreign admirers alike celebrate as an economic miracle. In a fascinating tale spanning five decades, he examines the country's economic transformation alongside the regime's determined suppression of dissent, its increasing hostility towards the West and its development into a thoroughly entrenched dictatorship led by Xi Jinping     one equipped with a sprawling security apparatus and the most sophisticated surveillance system in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Essential reading for anyone who wants to know what has shaped today's China and what the Chinese Communist Party's choices mean for the rest of the world' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A blow-by-blow account of the uneven, reactive and sometimes chaotic course of economic policies . . . An important corrective' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dikutter has been mining Chinese primary sources for decades . . . A clear-eyed and detailed account' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636901138590,"sku":"UBD-9781526634306","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526634306.jpg?v=1774399259","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526634306","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}