China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower

China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower

In China After Mao , award-winning author Frank Dikötter delves into the history of China under the communist party – from the death of Chairman Mao in 1976 up until the moment when Xi Jinping stepped…

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