Contemporary China Author:Alan Hunter, John Sexton Contemporary China is a lively account of China today which focuses on the late 1990s. The Maoist era and the early 1980s were certainly formative, but China now faces a range of new issues like unemployment, crime, and environmental pollution that demand a fresh look. The authors discuss recent history, politics, the economy, society and... more » culture, and international relations. They are alert to the international implications of China's growing power, yet caution against alarmist predictions of China as a threat to the international community.« less