PIONEERS OF MODERN CHINA
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PIONEERS OF MODERN CHINA
Understanding the Inscrutable Chinese
by Lee Khoon Choy (Former Ambassador of Singapore)
Amongst the Chinese exists great cultural variety and diversity. The Cantonese care more for profit than face and are good businessmen, whereas Fujian Rén are frank, blunt and outspoken but daring and generous. Beijing Rén are more aristocratic and well-mannered, having stayed in a city ruled by emperors of different dynasties. Shanghai Rén are more enterprising, adventurous and materialistic but less aristocratic, having been at the center of pre-war gangsterism. Hainan Rén are straightforward, blunt and stubborn. Hunan Rén are more warlike and have produced more marshals and generals than any other province.
Pioneers of Modern China is a fascinating book that paints a vivid picture of the unique cultural characteristics and behavior of the Chinese in the various provinces. Using leaders in the modern history of China, such as Sun Yat Sen, Chiang Kai Shek, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao as representatives, it offers an in-depth look into the psyche of the Chinese people. It also pays tribute to writers, painters and kungfu experts, who have helped to develop the country socially and artistically.
Contents:
- Fujian Rén and Lin Ze Xu: The Fuzhou Hero Who Destroyed Opium
- Guangdong Rén and Sun Yat Sen: The Founder of the Republic of China
- Zhejiang Rén and Chiang Kai Shek: The Christian President Who Ruled China with an Iron Hand
- Hunan Rén and Mao Ze Dong: Leader and God
- Hubei Rén and Lin Biao: Mao's Named Successor
- Sichuan Rén and Deng Xiao Ping: The Hero of China's Modernization
- Jiangsu Rén and Jiang Ze Min: Former President of the People's Republic of China
- Henan Rén and Zhao Zi Yang: The Pioneer of China's Market Economy
- Shandong Rén: Wan Li and the Gang of Four
- Jiangxi Rén: Hu Yao Bang's Grand Tomb
- Anhui Rén and Hu Jin Tao: The New Star in Communist China
- Tianjin: Birthplace of the New Prime Minister, Wen Jia Bao
- Beijing: Mei Lan Fang, Poets, Writers and Painters
- Shanghai: Du Yue Sheng, the Gangster Chief
- Taiwan and The Dream for an Independent State
- Hong Kong in the Experiment of "One Country, Two Systems"
- Macau: The Las Vegas of the East
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Readership: General audience interested in the modern history of
China, especially of its enigmatic leaders.
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576pp
Pub. date: Nov 2005
eISBN 978-981-270-090-2
Price: US$101
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