"This portrait of China in text and color photographs examines changes which have taken place in that country in modern times as well as the persistence of traditional ways of life. It describes the land and peop[le of China's major regions, Chinese culture and history, the civil war and Mao's Cultural Revolution, and the new flexibility in the Communist controlled society. The daily lide of farmers, students and managerial persons are examined. A final chapter discusses the ethnic Chinese who live outside mainland China." SHSLC.
