China in ten words /
Uses a framework of ten common phrases in the Chinese vernacular to offer insight into China's modern economic gaps, cultural transformations, and ubiquitous practices of deception.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
©2011.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | Uses a framework of ten common phrases in the Chinese vernacular to offer insight into China's modern economic gaps, cultural transformations, and ubiquitous practices of deception. "From one of China's most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades, told through personal stories and astute analysis that sharply illuminate the country's meteoric economic and social transformation."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 225 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780307379351 0307379353 9780307739797 0307739791 |