Pioneers of Modern China: Understanding the Inscrutable ChineseAmongst the Chinese exists great cultural variety and diversity. The Cantonese care more for profit than face and are good businessmen, whereas Fujian R n are frank, blunt and outspoken but daring and generous. Beijing R n are more aristocratic and well-mannered, having stayed in a city ruled by emperors of different dynasties. Shanghai R n are more enterprising, adventurous and materialistic but less aristocratic, having been at the center of pre-war gangsterism. Hainan R n are straightforward, blunt and stubborn. Hunan R n are more warlike and have produced more marshals and generals than any other province.Pioneers of Modern China is a fascinating book that paints a vivid picture of the unique cultural characteristics and behavior of the Chinese in the various provinces. Using leaders in the modern history of China, such as Sun Yat Sen, Chiang Kai Shek, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao as representatives, it offers an in-depth look into the psyche of the Chinese people. It also pays tribute to writers, painters and kungfu experts, who have helped to develop the country socially and artistically. |
Contents
The Fuzhou Hero Who Destroyed Opium | 1 |
The Founder of the Republic of China | 25 |
The Christian President Who Ruled China with an Iron Hand | 98 |
Leader and God | 129 |
Maos Named Successor | 168 |
The Hero of Chinas Modernization | 189 |
Former President of the Peoples Republic of China | 224 |
The Pioneer of Chinas Market Economy | 248 |
Mei Lan Fang Poets Writers Painters | 386 |
Du Yue Sheng the Gangster Chief | 409 |
Chapter 15 Taiwan The Dream for an Independent State | 443 |
Chapter 16 Hong Kong in the Experiment of One Country Two Systems | 474 |
The Las Vegas of the East | 499 |
Bibliography | 519 |
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Wan Li and Gang of Four | 281 |
Hu Yao Bangs Grand Tomb | 306 |
The New Star in Communist China | 336 |
Birthplace of the New Prime Minister Wen Jia Bao | 363 |
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