China’s capitalist transformation: The rhetoric that mattered

This book provides a rare account of China's market transformation through the words of Chinese politicians, intellectuals, the media, and journalists, offering insight into Chinese elite politics, state-citizen relationships, and institutional development. The Chinese rhetoric is complex, ironic, argumentative, and abstruse, revealing how the Chinese think and engage in changing their country and themselves.

Format: Hardback
Length: 229 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2023
Publisher: De Gruyter

This remarkable book offers a unique and insightful perspective on China's market transformation, directly sourced from the voices of Chinese politicians, intellectuals, media, and journalists. The rich and complex rhetoric employed by the Chinese, characterized by its irony, argumentation, and abstruse nature, holds the key to unlocking the enigmatic essence of China's elite politics, state-citizen relations, and institutional development. By rhetorizing the Chinese transformation, this book provides a captivating glimpse into the workings of the Chinese mind as individuals actively engage in shaping both their country and themselves. As a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand the Chinese way of reasoning, persuading, debating, and resisting, this book serves as a guiding light for those eager to delve deeper into the intricacies of Chinese society.

Weight: 532g
Dimension: 176 x 246 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783110773163