China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, 3rd Edition

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom · Maura Elizabeth Cunningham

Dec 2018 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Joe Barrett

About this audiobook

In this fully revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide cogent answers to urgent questions regarding the world's newest superpower and offer a framework for understanding China's meteoric rise from developing country to superpower. Framing their answers through the historical legacies-Confucian thought, Western and Japanese imperialism, the Mao era, and the Tiananmen Square massacre-that largely define China's present-day trajectory, Wasserstrom and Cunningham introduce listeners to the Chinese Communist Party, the building boom in Shanghai, and the environmental fallout of rapid Chinese industrialization. They also explain unique aspects of Chinese culture, such as the one-child policy, and provide insight into Chinese-American relations, a subject that has become increasingly fraught during the Trump era. As Wasserstrom and Cunningham draw parallels between China and other industrialized nations during their periods of development, in particular the United States during its rapid industrialization in the 19th century, they also predict how we might expect China to act in the future vis-à-vis the United States, Russia, India, and its East Asian neighbors.

Ratings and reviews

havent read it yet. will update when I'm done. Just want to say I'm glad Google's audiobook library had it so i didnt gave to download it from audible. I was recommended to read this from a YouTube video about why China has refused the USA's garbage recently. Used my opinion rewards Google play balance to purchase. 😁 time to learn about China again!

About the author

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.

Maura Elizabeth Cunningham is an Associate at the University of Michigan's Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.

Joe Barrett has been a working stage, screen, and recording booth actor since 1974 and an award-winning and eight-time Audie Award-nominated audiobook narrator since 1999. He also practiced law for five years-but don't hold that against him. Joe is married to actress Andrea Wright, and together they have four children.