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OUT NOW FROM VERSO CHINA’S TWENTIETH CENTURY: REVOLUTION, RETREAT AND THE ROAD TO EQUALITY By Wang Hui Edited by Saul Thomas http://www.versobooks.com/books/1910-china-s-twentieth-century An examination of the shifts in politics and revolution in China over the last century What must China do to become truly democratic and equitable? This question animates most progressive debates about this potential superpower, and in China’s Twentieth Century the country’s leading critic, Wang Hui, turns to the past for an answer. Beginning with the birth of modern politics in the 1911 revolution, Wang tracks the initial flourishing of political life, its blossoming in the radical sixties, and its decline in China’s more recent liberalization, to arrive at the crossroads of the present day. Examining the emergence of new class divisions between ethnic groups in the context of Tibet and Xinjiang, alongside the resurgence of neoliberalism through the lens of the Chongqing Incident, Wang Hui argues for a revival of social democracy as the only just path for China’s future. ------------ “A central figure among a group of writers and academics known collectively as the New Left.” - New York Times Magazine (in praise of Wang Hui) “One of China’s leading historians and most interesting and influential public intellectuals.” - Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Los Angeles Times “Our focus on the country’s future has led to a de facto collusion with the Chinese government in ignoring its past ... In The End of the Revolution, the leading Chinese critic Wang Hui offers an alternative.” John Gittings, Guardian (in praise of The End of Revolution) ------------ JANUARY 2016 / PAPERBACK / 9781781689073 / $29.95 / £19.99 / $35.00CAN PAPERBACK NOW 30% OFF JANUARY 2016 / LIBRARY HARDBACK / 9781781689080 / $95.00 / £60.00 / $108.00CAN LIBRARY HARDBACK NOW 20% OFF AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK NOW 20% OFF IN E-BOOK http://www.versobooks.com/books/1910-china-s-twentieth-century ------------ Visit Verso's website for information on our upcoming events, new reviews and publications and special offers: http://www.versobooks.com Sign up for the Verso mailing list: https://www.versobooks.com/users/sign_up Follow us online: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VersoBks Twitter: http://twitter.com/VersoBooks Instagram: http://instagram.com/versobooks Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18970808-verso-books