num_pages: 338
description: In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly clearheaded book, John Bryan Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, the basic data, and the issues at stake in China's present, crisis-ridden present situation.
language: English
title: Understanding China: A Guide to China's Culture, Economy, and Political Structure
titlecomplete: Understanding China: A Guide to China's Culture, Economy, and Political Structure
genres: China, History, Economics, Asia, Nonfiction, Political Science, Politics
ratings_count: 402
publisher: Hill and Wang