1976-2000

"[In graphic novel format] follow[s] the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident-- otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre-- from the first-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all"--Back cover.

Examines leaders and policies that shaped China's late twentieth-century history, discussing the country's modernization since the death of Mao Tse-tung in 1976.

This volume describes how China has extremely limited political reform, but economic reform has made China one of the world's leading manufacturing centers.

Discusses the direction taken by modern mainland China in terms of economic policy and how reforms have impacted that country's financial growth.

Explores how the student-led demonstrations at Tianamen Square in the spring of 1989 have changed the government and social policies of China.

Presents a study of reforms in China since the death in 1976 of Mao Zedong, and discusses the effects of cultural revolution on the people, living standards between rural and urban areas, corruption, and a government that continues to resist change.

Photographs and text describe the everyday family life in the changing society of China.