Chinese Whispers

Why Everything You've Heard About China is Wrong

Ben Chu

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Orion
09 September 2014

History; Politics & government

THE CHINESE ARE THE MOST HARDWORKING PEOPLE ON EARTH...

so why are the younger generation derided as spoiled and lazy?

CHINESE PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICAL FREEDOM...

so why is the country's internet exploding with anti-regime dissent?

CHINA WILL ONE DAY RULE THE WORLD...

so why do the country's political leaders feel so insecure?

Perhaps it is time to stop engaging in a centuries-old game of Chinese whispers in which the facts have become more and more distorted in the telling. Ben Chu examines the myths that have come to dominate our view of the world's most populous nation, forcing us to question everything we thought we knew about it. The result is a penetrating, surprising and provocative insight into China today.

By: Ben Chu
Imprint: Orion
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781780224749
ISBN 10: 1780224745
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 09 September 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/author/benchu/

Ben Chu is the Economics Editor of the INDEPENDENT. He was born and brought up in Manchester, and studied modern history at Jesus College, Oxford. CHINESE WHISPERS is his first book.

Reviews for Chinese Whispers: Why Everything You've Heard About China is Wrong

Chu's smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions - or whispers - to let in light on a heterogenous nation about which it is impossible to generalise - NEW STATESMAN Forget Confucius, [Chu says]: China's thinking is modern, not ancient - THE TIMES