'The Opium War' is both the story of modern China - starting from this first conflict with the West - and an analysis of the country's contemporary self-image.
'The Opium War' is both the story of modern China - starting from this first conflict with the West - and an analysis of the country's contemporary se...
'A landmark work giving a global panorama of Mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters' Jonathan Fenby, author of The Penguin History of ChinaSince the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Mao's revolution in favour of authoritarian capitalism.
'A landmark work giving a global panorama of Mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters' Jonathan Fenby, author o...
