China: Mao's Republic to World Superpower (Lightning Guides)

Mao's Republic to World Superpower looks at the emergence of China as a major player in geopolitics, starting with Mao Zedong and the birth of the People's Republic of China. China then examines the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping's move to privatize the economy, the Four Modernizations, the revolutions of 1989, the changing national identity, the tidal wave of production and its attendant pollution and human rights issues, and ending with the Chinese Dream and President Xi Jinping's vision for the future.