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'Chu's smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions' [NEW STATESMEN] about modern China and offers a corrective to Western assumptions.

THE CHINESE ARE THE MOST HARDWORKING PEOPLE ON EARTH...
so why are the younger generation derided as spoiled and lazy?

CHINESE PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICAL FREEDOM...
so why is the country's internet exploding with anti-regime dissent?

CHINA WILL ONE DAY RULE THE WORLD...
so why do the country's political leaders feel so insecure?

Perhaps it is time to stop engaging in a centuries-old game of Chinese whispers in which the facts have become more and more distorted in the telling.

Ben Chu examines the myths that have come to dominate our view of the world's most populous nation, forcing us to question everything we thought we knew about it. The result is a penetrating, surprising and provocative insight into China today.



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Chu's smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions - or "whispers" - to let in light on a heterogeneous nation about which it is impossible to generalise -- Philip Maughan * NEW STATESMAN *
Forget Confucius, [Chu] says: China's thinking is modern, not ancient * THE TIMES *

Chinese Whispers: Why Everything You've Heard

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      Publisher Orion Publishing Co
      Published 4 September 2014
      ISBN-13 9781780224749
      978-1780224749
      ISBN-10 1780224745
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      Business, Finance & Law Popular economics Politics, Philosophy & Society Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'Chu's smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions' [NEW STATESMEN] about modern China and offers a corrective to Western assumptions.

      THE CHINESE ARE THE MOST HARDWORKING PEOPLE ON EARTH...
      so why are the younger generation derided as spoiled and lazy?

      CHINESE PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICAL FREEDOM...
      so why is the country's internet exploding with anti-regime dissent?

      CHINA WILL ONE DAY RULE THE WORLD...
      so why do the country's political leaders feel so insecure?

      Perhaps it is time to stop engaging in a centuries-old game of Chinese whispers in which the facts have become more and more distorted in the telling.

      Ben Chu examines the myths that have come to dominate our view of the world's most populous nation, forcing us to question everything we thought we knew about it. The result is a penetrating, surprising and provocative insight into China today.



      Trade Review
      Chu's smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions - or "whispers" - to let in light on a heterogeneous nation about which it is impossible to generalise -- Philip Maughan * NEW STATESMAN *
      Forget Confucius, [Chu] says: China's thinking is modern, not ancient * THE TIMES *

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