00810nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200170007610000150009324500310010826000090013930000140014850004900016265000120065220250728154339.0250728s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780198700692  a951.033bGRA  aGray, Jack 0aRebellions and Revolutions  c2002  a572 pages  aThis is a study of China from the 1800s to the present day. It focuses on China's problems of development - the decay and collapse of the Chinese Empire, its failure to recover in the first half of the twentieth century, and its rapid emergence in world affairs since the Communist Party Revolution of 1949. This new edition examines economic growth, updates Chinese foreign policy, provides a revised account of the Tiananmen Incident, and brings the chronology completely up to date.  aHistory