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Between May,
1976, whil Mao was still alive, and 1997, when Deng
Xioaping died, was a time of tremendous change in
China: from the "Great Proletarian Cultural
Revolution" to the affluent eighties and nineties,
from socialism to what looks like unrestrained
capitalism, and from a mysterious country wrapped
in isolation to one of the key players in modern
international affairs. It's a dramatic story that
involves a fifth of the human race and impinges on
the rest.
"I am moved to get down on paper my memories and
observations about my twenty-five year experience
with China. Neither a eulogy nor an exposé,
just as honest an account as I can make it of
the China I saw and experienced."
Robert C. Cosbey is Professor Emeritus of
the University of Regina, Canada, Honorary
Professor of Nankai University, China, and
recipient of China's Friendship Award (cited in the
presentation as the highest honour given to
foreigners working in China) and the city of
Tianjin's Hai He award 'for contributions to the
cultural development' of that city.
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