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Author Fenby, Jonathan.

Title Tiger head, snake tails : China today, how it got there, and where it is heading / Jonathan Fenby.

Publication Info. New York : Overlook, 2012.

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  951.06 F35    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  951.06 FENBY    Check Shelf
Description xii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Originally published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Summary Using a viewpoint that sees the country from the inside out, Jonathan Fenby links together the myriad features of today's China to arrive at a coherent picture of its nature and depict its future, both internally and in its impact on the rest of the world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [388]-405) and index.
Contents Never before -- A nation on speed -- Riding the rail -- Mega-China -- The motley nation -- The giant hotpot -- On the edge -- Power control -- How China grew -- Owning history -- Shadows of the past -- The world and China -- China and the world -- The last frontier -- Lack of trust -- Cracks in the mirror -- The price of success -- The unfinished revolution.
Subject China -- History -- 21st century.
China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century -- Forecasting.
ISBN 1468303414
9781468303414: $32.50
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