Simplifying the Chinese miracle

Book review of 'Becoming China: The Story Behind the State'

Shyam Saran 

Becoming China The Story Behind the State Jeanne-Marie Gescher Bloombury 784 pages; Rs 799 As China’s global profile appears to expand relentlessly and impacts on the destinies of nations, far and near, big and small, a new genre of guidebooks to figuring out China and its policies — what one may call “China Made Easy’ books — has begun to emerge in increasing profusion.

Jeanne-Marie Gescher’s  Becoming China at over 700 pages, is several guidebooks packed into one but by the time one has patiently ploughed through to the end, ...

First Published: Mon, December 25 2017. 22:41 IST