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Book SynopsisA comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens.
Trade Review"A go-to guide for anyone seeking to get up to speed on China quickly. With a focus on memorable characters and stories,
A Brief History of China is ideal for tourists, students and businesspeople looking to understand this emerging superpower."
--Julie Makinen, former China Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times"…a powerful, engaging and balanced account of the vast span of China's history…The reader can approach this book with confidence and--thanks to its well-chosen reading recommendations--use it as a springboard for deeper engagement with China, its culture and its people."
--Ellis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer in East Asian History, University of Leeds"Clements' spare prose, bad-boy wit and encyclopedic knowledge of Asian facts, gossip and trivia put paid to any misgivings about uttering 'history' and 'page-turner' in the same breath. This succinct chronicle of China's rise to global power is essential reading for businessmen, politicians and creatives."
--J. Christopher Westland, Author of Red Wired: China's Internet Revolution and Overseas Chair Professor / Thousand-Talents Plan Scholar at Beihang University
