Copies of the book will be available at RMB 190.00 at RAS events prior to this meeting, and can be obtained by contacting the RAS Book Club at bookclub@royalasiaticsociety.org.cn
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N.B. RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL AS SPACE IS LIMITED AT THIS EVENT.ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR
There has been a plethora of books on China in recent years. Authors have forecast the coming collapse of the People's Republic or looked to the day when it will rule the world. So why another book on the most heavily populated country on earth, which has emerged in the last three decades to occupy a central position on the global stage? Because, despite the stream of publications, there is no single book that pulls together the whole of the China story, linking its very disparate elements to present a coherent portrait that explains to the general reader what China is and why it matters so much.Mr. Jonathan Fenby, CBE, is the author of a biography of Chiang Kai Shek and of “The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850-2009”. He speaks at conferences, universities and public forums on China. He is currently Director, China Research at the research service Trusted Sources.
He has written many other books on China, World War II and France as well as contributing to many publications. He was previously the editor of The Observer and the South China Morning Post.
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