China's transformations : the stories beyond the headlines / edited by Lionel M. Jensen and Timothy B. Weston.

Other author Jensen, Lionel M.
Other author Weston, Timothy B., 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2007.
Descriptionxli, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
China--Social conditions. --1976-2000.
China--Economic conditions. --1976-2000.
China--Social conditions. --2000-.
China--Economic conditions. --2000-.
China--Relations. --United States.
United States--Relations. --China.

Contents Trouble-makers or truth-sayers? : the peculiar status of foreign correspondents in China / Martin Fackler -- The political roots of China's environmental degradation / Judith Shapiro -- Fueling China's capitalist transformation : the human cost / Timothy B. Weston -- Qigong, Falun Gong, and the body politic in contemporary China / David Ownby -- Narratives to live by : the century of humiliation and Chinese national identity today / Peter Hays Gries -- The Internet : a force to transform Chinese society? / Xiao Qiang -- The politics of filmmaking and movie watching / Sylvia Li-chün Lin -- Fictional China / Howard Goldblatt -- Of rice and meat : real Chinese food / Susan D. Blum -- Herding the masses : public opinion and democracy in today's China / Tong Lam -- Sex tourism and lure of the ethnic erotic in Southwest China / Sandra Teresa Hyde -- Welcome to paradise! : a Sino-U.S. joint-venture project / Tim Oakes -- The new Chinese intellectual : globalized, disoriented, reoriented / Timothy Cheek -- Reporting China since the 1960s / John Gittings -- Afterword: China, the United States and the fragile planet / Lionel M. Jensen.
General note"Successor volume to 'China beyond the headlines'"--data view p.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other title China beyond the headlines.
LCCN 2006019299
ISBN0742538621 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN074253863X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742538627
ISBN9780742538634