China : a 5, 000-year odyssey /: a 5, 000-year odyssey. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tan Chung.
• Other Names: Tan, Chung, 1929-
• Contents: Foreword by Wang Gungwu; Preface; Introduction; Common Geographical Entity of China; China-The “Enchanting Bride”; The Himalaya Sphere; Early Chinese Civilization; China-India Resonance; The Chinese Common Political Entity; Yu Created the Common Political Entity; The Three Dynasties Before Unification/ Confucius and the “Hundred Schools”; “Tianxia” and “Zhongguo”; A Unified Empire sans Imperialism; Qin Emperor Shihuang Created the Chinese Empire; Tyrant or “Once-in-a-Millennium” Emperor?; Liu Bang and the New Dynasty; Good Governance by Emperors Wen and Jing; The Empire sans Imperialism; External Security and Internal Stability; Emperor Wu’s Resolution in Driving Away the Xiongnu; The Eastern Han Dynasty and Beyond; Foreign Members into the Chinese “Common Entity”; The Prosperous Tang Dynasty and Its Golden Culture; China’s Reunification Under the Sui Dynasty<br />Two Great Tang Emperors; The Golden Tang Culture; The “Common Civilization Entity” of Asia; The Glorious and Pathetic Song Dynasty; Prosperity of Song China; Market Economy and New Lifestyle; Academic Achievements During Song Dynasty; Vulnerable China Ravaged by Nation-states; Civilization Highway Damaged but Extended; Chinese Civilization Hijacked by the Nation-state; Yuan Contributions to Chinese Civilization; Ming China Returned to the Civilization Highway; Zheng He’s Seven Expeditions to the Indian Ocean; Manchu China and the Challenge of the Sea; The “Thriving Period from Kangxi to Qianlong”; Continental Common Entity Challenged by the Sea; Opium Imperialism along the Gunboat Road; The Taiping and Boxer Movements; The Awakened Lion Shaking China, Not the World; Awakening of the Chinese “Sleeping Lion”; Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang; Sleeping Lion Pricked by Japanese Militarism; Mao Zedong Roared Like a Real Lion; China Joins the Comity of the “Nation-state” World; Three Decades of “Reform and Opening Up”; Two-way Globalization; China and the World Common Entity of Destiny; Conclusion; Appendix;
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : SAGE Publications India
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 951; Civilization; HISTORY / Asia / China; China -- Civilization; China; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789352807253; 9352807251
• Related ISBNs: 9789352807246; 9352807243; 9789352807260
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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