Breaking Through: The Birth of China's Opening-Up Policy

by Li Lanqing

Book Overview

As this remarkable story begins, the Chinese people were just recovering from the devastating effects of the Cultural Revolution and the loss of the country's revered leader Chairman Mao. Deep pockets of ultra-leftist thinking remained, and reformers determined to help bring the Chinese economy and industry out of its backward state faced the challenge of a lifetime. Against tremendous odds and resistance, a determined team of reformers, led by Deng...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198016921
• ISBN13: 9780198016922
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"