Changing China

This textbook will be welcomed by professors and students who have been long looking for an appropriate textbook for teaching and studying the changing geography of post-reform China. âHongmian Gong Hunter College CUNY A wonderful collection of current source data. The range of bibliographic material in these pages is great. âKit Salter University of Missouri Columbia Changing China: A Geographic Appraisal provides an up-to-date and detailed account of the giant country that is undergoing an unparalleled and historic transition from a centralized command economy to a market-based economy and from a rural agricultural society to an urban industrial power. Contributions from a distinguished team of geographers both inside and outside of China are divided into three parts that assess respectively economic changes since the reform of 1978 recent social transformations and changes along China's peripheries including Hong Kong Taiwan Xinjiang and inner Mongolia. An introductory chapter provides an overview of major themes. Includes a chronology of major events in Chinese history and a glossary of Chinese terms. Language: English