366. The Architect of Modern China

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Rana mentions this as 'a great new book, actually, forthcoming' about the long 1970s period in Chinese history

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Rana describes this as 'the fantastic book' and 'the best source' for understanding the different economic models that Deng and other leaders experimented with

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Rana mentions this as Julian Gewirtz's 'most recent book' which is a biography of Zhao Ziyang, helping to put him back into the Deng Xiaoping story

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Tom mentions this book when introducing Rana Mitter as a guest, describing it as one of two 'wonderful books on China's experience in the Second World War'

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Tom mentions this alongside 'China's War with Japan' as one of Rana Mitter's books about China in WWII

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Tom and Rana discuss this book that Rana wrote about 20 years ago, which looks at the May 4th movement and the legacy of liberal China