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Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There And Why It Has To Change (2012)

by Jonathan Fenby(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0857200887 (ISBN13: 9780857200884)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

review 1: A fairly good book that covers a laundry list of items about Modern China. It talks about its strengths as well as its stresses and strains. I am not a sinophile, the only reason I read about China at all is because it is an important country on the world stage. It is important to come to terms with this power yet China as a place of interest doesn't do it for me. That is probably why I generally can't say I enjoy reading books about China as necessary to read as they are.
review 2: A really interesting book. The author has fantastic snippets of info about a plethora of subjects and, in a journalistc way he just can't resist adding them in. It makes for an enjoyable read, but at the end You could end up like me remembering the trivial, China wanted to ban Kun... moregfu Panda, and being hazy about the general thrust of such an enormous place. I have the feeling about China, that as soon as I think I understand something about it, it will have changed markedly. This is because of the breakneck speed of development. less

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