Description: Ge Zhaoguang addresses sensitive questions of identity that shape the politics of the world's most populous country. This insider's account teases out nuances of China's encounter with the contemporary world, using its past to explain its present and to provide insight into paths the nation might follow as the current century unfolds.
Brief description:
Ge Zhaoguang is Professor of the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies and the
Department of History at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Review Quotes: There is much to be learned from this critically engaged, liberal-minded, historically informed questioning from within China of Chinese national identity... Most importantly, What Is China? provides English-language readers with access to a thoughtful attempt to answer that question by a respected and influential Chinese scholar.--Richard Belsky "Pacific Affairs" (9/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)