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China Wakes (Zhong Guo Jue Xing Le): The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
	This is the paperback version of the popular book. The authors were reporters of the New York Times stationed in Beijing from 1988 to 1993. They are a husband-wife team, the wife being a Chinese-American. The two western journalists wrote about what they observed while in China when China is at a critical time of becoming a great political and economic power. The book is full of interesting stories such as the ones of WuDunn's visit to the Guangdong village of her ancestors and how her grandpa's name became WuDunn which doesn't sound like Chinese at all. The information and analysis they presented are of great reference value.. Excellent reading for anyone interested in contemporary Chinese society and history.
By: Nicholas D. Kristof (JI Sidao), Sheryl WuDunn (WU Jiefang) Can be directly ordered securely online When China wakes, it will shake the world. -- Napoleon

China Wakes (Zhong Guo Jue Xing Le):
The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power

This is the paperback version of the popular book. The authors were reporters of the New York Times stationed in Beijing from 1988 to 1993. They are a husband-wife team, the wife being a Chinese-American.

The two western journalists wrote about what they observed while in China when China is at a critical time of becoming a great political and economic power. The book is full of interesting stories such as the ones of WuDunn's visit to the Guangdong village of her ancestors and how her grandpa's name became WuDunn which doesn't sound like Chinese at all. The information and analysis they presented are of great reference value..

Excellent reading for anyone interested in contemporary Chinese society and history.

By: Nicholas D. Kristof (JI Sidao), Sheryl WuDunn (WU Jiefang)

Can be directly ordered securely online

When China wakes, it will shake the world. -- Napoleon

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