The Age of Openness

The Age of OpennessThe era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in Chinas modern history, but this engagingly written book shows instead that the first half of the twentieth century witnessed a qualitatively unprecedented trend towards openness. Frank Diktter argues that the years from 1900 to 1949 were characterised at all levels of society by engagement with the world, and that the pursuit of openness was particularly evident

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