Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography Volume 4 (Color PB) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1614728771 ISBN 13: 9781614728771

Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group LLC, 2016

Synopsis

The Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography (1979-2015) provides a riveting new way to understand twenty-first-century China and a personal look at the changes that have taken place since the Reform and Opening Up era started in 1979. One hundred key individuals from this period -- including politicians and government officials, film directors, activists, writers, and entrepreneurs from the mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan -- were selected by an international group of experts, and the stories were written by more than 70 authors in 14 countries.

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About the Author:

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese studies and director of the Lau China Institute, King's College in London. Until November 2015, he was director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Before moving to Australia, he was head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London, and led the Europe China Research and Advice Network (ECRAN) funded by the European Commission. Educated at the University of Cambridge, University of London, and University of Leeds, he worked in Japan and the Inner Mongolian region of China before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He worked in the China Section and served as First Secretary in Beijing from 2000 to 2003, and was head of the Indonesia East Timor Section from 2003 to 2005. He is the author of What's Wrong with Diplomacy: The Case of the UK and China (2015), China and the EU in Context (2014), The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in China (2014), Carnival China: China in the Era of Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping (2014), Hu Jintao, China's Silent Leader (2012), Ballot Box China (2011) and the edited collection China 2020 (2011), Friends and Enemies: The Past, Present and Future of the Communist Party of China (2009), The Rise of the Dragon-Chinese Investment Flows in the Reform Period (2008), Struggling Giant: China in the 21st Century (2007), and The Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia (2006). He was a coeditor of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China (2009) and editor in chief of the of the Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography, vol. 1-3 (2014). His study Xi Jinping: China's CEO was published in early 2016.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1614728771
• ISBN 13: 9781614728771
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Brown Kerry