The New Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China (2nd edition)

This edition is completely revised and updated and follows the first successful 1991 edition. Though it covers events from 1949, this reference work places special emphasis on the 1990s to the date of publication in 2001. Chinese names are expressed in Hanyu pinyin – the romanticised form of Chinese in widespread use in English language publications since 1979 – hence Mao Zedong for Chairman Mao.

The book covers subjects as diverse as economics, education, trade and politics and commences with a useful chronology detailing major events since 1949. This is a useful aide‐mémoire covering the rise of Mao Zedong and...