Karl Gerth, “China: Up Close and Personal” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in East Asian Studies
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Seneca and the One Child Policy
Helon: Why are there so many people in china? Anyway? Puclsi: It's one of these things that, i mean, i'm not looking for an iron clad answer. Almost every major change you see in this modern period would have some kind of a component linked to this giant population. The number of chinese bureaucrats tays relatively stable on the eve of the revolution and they couldn't build up an independent power base.
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