China's sense of today and its view of tomorrow are both rooted in the past--and we need to understand that connection, says China scholar Charles Horner. In Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate, Horner offers a new interpretation of how China's changed view of its modern historical experience has also changed China's understanding of its long intellectual and cultural tradition. Spirited reevaluations of history, strategy, commerce, and literature are cooperating--and competing--to define the future.
The capstone of modern China was the founding of the People's Republic in...
China's sense of today and its view of tomorrow are both rooted in the past--and we need to understand that connection, says China scholar Charles ...