The Emergence of China presents the classical period in its own terms. It contains more than 500 translated excerpts from the classical texts, linked by a runni
Prior to the initiation of economic reforms and trade liberalization 36 years ago, China maintained policies that kept the economy very poor, stagnant, centrall
China's extraordinary rise as an economic powerhouse in the past two decades poses a challenge to many long-held assumptions about the relationship between poli