Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index.
Summary:
"After celebrating their country's three decades of fantastic economic success, many Chinese are now asking, "What comes next?" William Callahan's China Dreams gives voice to China's many different futures by exploring the grand aspirations and deep anxieties of a broad group of public intellectuals. Stepping outside narrow politics of officials vs. dissidents, Callahan examines what a third group - "citizen intellectuals" - think about China's future. China Dreams eavesdrops on conversations between officials, scholars, soldiers, bloggers, novelists, film-makers and artists to see how they describe China's different political, strategic, economic, social and cultural futures. China Dreams explores the transnational connections between American and Chinese people, providing a new approach to Sino-American relations. While many assume that 21st century global politics will be a battle of Confucian China vs. the democratic West, Callahan weaves Chinese and American ideals together to describe a new "Chimerican dream"."--Publisher's website.
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