{"product_id":"understanding-china-a-guide-to-chinas-economy-history-and-political-culture","title":"Understanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture","description":"In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book--now revised and updated for the new century--Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present and future.\n\nAfter ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and future. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to curb the influence of the Internet, and the intensifying trade disputes between the United States and China.\n\nSuccinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright, Understanding China remains a necessary guide for the uninitiated to everything from the Chinese economy and political system, to its intellectual freedoms and human rights, to its relationship with the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0809016516\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0809016516.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Starr, John Bryan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is a well used but readable copy. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46151141621937,"sku":"RDV.0809016516.A","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0809016516-0.jpg?v=1755365955","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/understanding-china-a-guide-to-chinas-economy-history-and-political-culture","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}