China : A New History

John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. It remains a masterwork without parallel.The distinguished historian Merle Goldman has updated the book which now covers, reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. An epilogue is also there in the book discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.