{"product_id":"understanding-china-3rd-edition-a-guide-to-chinas-economy-history-and-political-culture-paperback","title":"Understanding China [3rd Edition]: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Bryan Starr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book--now revised and updated for the new century--Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present and future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and future. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to curb the influence of the Internet, and the intensifying trade disputes between the United States and China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuccinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding China \u003c\/i\u003eremains a necessary guide for the uninitiated to everything from the Chinese economy and political system, to its intellectual freedoms and human rights, to its relationship with the rest of the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Bryan Starr \u003c\/b\u003eis a lecturer in the Political Science Department at Yale University and serves as a consultant to the Tri-State Consortium. He has served as president of both the Yale China Association and the China Institute in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 8.72 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700554043488,"sku":"9780809016518","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/understanding-china-3rd-edition-a-guide-to-chinas-economy-history-and-political-culture-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}