49 myths about China [electronic resource] /
Galtung, Marte Kjær;Stenslie, Stig.
- The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2014.
- 267 p.
Introduction. Chapter, Lesson, Part Part I: The Party. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 1: Communism is Dead in China. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 2: China is Centrally Controlled. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 3: The Leadership is Deeply Divided. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 4: The Communist Party is a Monolith. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 5: The Military is Gaining Political Influence. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 6: The Communist Regime Lacks Legitimacy. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 7: The Falun Gong is an Apolitical Movement Persecuted for Its Religious Beliefs. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 8: Chinese Media is Merely a Mouthpiece of the Communist Party. Chapter, Lesson, Part Part II: The People. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 9: Chinese Culture is Incompatible with Democracy. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 10: Chinese Have No Manners. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 11: Chinese People are Not Altruistic. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 12: The Individual Has No Value, Only the Collective Does. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 13: All Chinese are Only Children. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 14: The Chinese People are Homogeneous. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 15: Communism Has Created Gender Equality in China. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 16: The Chinese are Atheists. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 17: Shanghai is More Liberal than Beijing. Chapter, Lesson, Part Part III: Business and the Economy. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 18: "China Inc." Is Buying Up the World. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 19: China Has the United States over a Barrel. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 20: China's Economy is Export Driven. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 21: Chinese People are Born Moneymakers. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 22: Chinese Don't Take Risks. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 23: The Chinese are Just Copycats. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 24: The State Hinders Economic Development in China. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 25: Unequal Distribution of Wealth is a Source of Social and Political Unrest. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 26: All Economic Development is Happening in the Big Cities on the East Coast. Chapter, Lesson, Part Part IV: China and the World. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 27: The Chinese are Racist. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 28: The Communist Party is Kindling Nationalism. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 29: China Will Once Again Dominate East Asia. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 30: China is Colonizing Africa. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 31: China is an Environmental Baddie. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 32: The Chinese Could Tame North Korea-If They Wanted to. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 33: China Does Not Interfere in Other States' Internal Affairs. Chapter, Lesson, Part Part V: The Past. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 34: China's History Spans Five Millennia. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 35: China is Called the Middle Kingdom because Chinese People Believe Their Country is the Center of the World. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 36: China Discovered the World in 1421. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 37: All Women Were Oppressed in Ancient China. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 38: China Has no Warrior Culture. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 39: Chinese History Goes in Circles. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 40: Tibet Was a Shangri-la until the Chinese Came. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 41: Mao Was a Monster. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 42: The Chinese Do Not Care about Their Own Historical Heritage. Chapter, Lesson, Part Part VI: The Future. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 43: The Internet will Topple the Communist Party. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 44: The End of the Communist Regime is Near. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 45: The Chinese are Masters of Long-Term Thinking. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 46: The RMB Will Eclipse the Dollar as the World's Reserve Currency. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 47: China is a Military Threat. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 48: Chinese Will Replace English as the World's Language. Chapter, Lesson, Part Myth 49: The Twenty-First Century Belongs to China. Chapter, Lesson, Part Cover, Title,49 myths about China--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Foreword--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Acknowledgments--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Map of China--References, Appendix, Index,Notes on Transliteration--References, Appendix, Index,Bibliography--References, Appendix, Index,Index--References, Appendix, Index,About the Authors.
9781442236226 9781442236233
Political Science World Asian Political Science: International Relations General History: Asia China