The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
By: Yang Jisheng
4.01
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
Yang Jisheng’s The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, i…
Want to Read $ 13.99"It was the fundamental appraisal that the world had transitioned from the 'age of war and revolution' to the 'age of peace and development' that allowed China to make a fresh start on its domestic and foreign policies: Domestically, it replaced 'class struggle as the key link' with 'economic construction as the focus,' and externally, it abandoned the 'three fights and one increase' in favor of openness to the outside world, joining the Word Trade Organization and merging itself into the international mainstream."-Yang Jisheng, The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
"It was the fundamental appraisal that the world had transitioned from the 'age of war and revolution' to the 'age of peace and development' that allowed China to make a fresh start on its domestic and foreign policies: Domestically, it replaced 'class struggle as the key link' with 'economic construction as the focus,' and externally, it abandoned the 'three fights and one increase' in favor of openness to the outside world, joining the Word Trade Organization and merging itself into the international mainstream."-Yang Jisheng, The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
"In China under the power market economic system, the ability to succeed in anything depends on relationships with key power-holders. The process of selling official positions and titles has formed a shadow network of personal bondage and gangs as power wielders at various levels serve one another's needs and utilize one another in a hotbed of corruption and protection removed from social justice. The ordinary people covered by this huge shadow network are powerless to defend justice or appeal against unjust treatment."-Yang Jisheng, The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
"In China under the power market economic system, the ability to succeed in anything depends on relationships with key power-holders. The process of selling official positions and titles has formed a shadow network of personal bondage and gangs as power wielders at various levels serve one another's needs and utilize one another in a hotbed of corruption and protection removed from social justice. The ordinary people covered by this huge shadow network are powerless to defend justice or appeal against unjust treatment."-Yang Jisheng, The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
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