The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power 1850 – 2009 ISBN 9780141988450

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Weight 1.0 kg
Author/s

Jonathan Fenby

ISBN

9780141988450

Publisher

Penguin

Format

print book

Pages

848 pages

Released

2019

Audience

general, students, teachers

About the author/s

Jonathan Fenby

The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping.

In 1850, China was the ‘sick man of Asia’. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as a victim of brutality on an unmatched scale, of oppression, war and famine. This makes its current position as the newest and, arguably, most important global superpower all the more extraordinary.

Jonathan Fenby’s clear, authoritative and brilliantly written account of China’s recent past, now updated to take in the ascendency of Xi Jinping and China’s global ambitions, is the definitive guide to this remarkable transformation.