A Chinese view of China. [print]
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- New York, New York : Pantheon Books 1973.
- viii, 216 pages illustrations 21 cm.
- Asia library .
- Asia library. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Translations from the Chinese -- Imperial China: continuity and change -- A feudal officer's complaint -- Tyrant who founded a dynasty -- Sage teaches how to be a benevolent despot -- A Chinese Tutankhamen -- Thoughts of a reforming prime minister -- Rebels take a gift by guile -- How the dragon's backbone was invented -- A great Chinese navigator -- Modern China: a century of struggle -- A letter to Queen Victoria -- Imperialists, the people and the mandarins -- An Englishman's judicious opinion on war with China -- A report on the coolie trade -- Reforms and reaction at the court of Peking -- Iron man of the Boxer rebellion -- Man who built the first Chinese railway -- Sun Yat-sen achieves his life's ambition -- A warlord ascends the throne -- A youthful call for liberation -- Lu Hsun and the new literature -- Cigarette and exploitation in north China -- Contemporary China: the revolution continues -- Mao's revolutionary fable -- Red Army learns self-reliance -- Paper tigers and Mao's view of the world -- Peasants stand up: land reform and 'struggle' -- Purge of the snails -- Revolution among the non-Chinese Chinese -- Love in a mountain village -- Seize the day, seize the hour! -- A model soldier for chairman Mao -- Four Red Guard documents from the cultural revolution -- Down with the feudal exams -- We don't want cotton jackets -- Grabbing arms is fine! -- Why must we fight? -- Everyday life after the cultural revolution -- Facts, figures and further reading -- Imperial China -- Dynasties -- Historical development of Chinese society -- Rebellions -- Empire -- Inventions -- Literature -- Modern China -- Five stages of imperialism -- Nationalism -- Communism -- Contemporary China -- Politics -- Foreign policy -- Education -- Health -- Agriculture -- Statistics -- Language.
Gittings, J. (1973). A Chinese View of China. Pantheon. Gittings, John. A Chinese View of China. Pantheon, 1973. Gittings, John. A Chinese View of China. Pantheon, 1973.
John Gittings: After teaching at the University of Westminster I worked at The Guardian (UK) for twenty years as East Asia editor and chief foreign leader-writer (1983-2003). Having specialised for many years on China and East Asia, I have since then worked on issues of peace and war. I am an Associate Editor of the Oxford International Encyclopaedia of Peace, and a Research Associate at the China Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies.