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Review title: The Chinese (Problems)
Product review: Though I found this book very enlightening and enjoyable, the title is a little misleading. This book tended to be a collection of problems and failures of the modern Chinese state, specifically the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Each and every point seems to begin with a positive note, only to find an inevitable "but actually..." This book felt very negative and it certainly didn't feel well organized.This is definitely a book for anyone's China collection, but they should be forewarned: it's not really a book about China from a very objective stance. The author has well-researched the issues China faces today and the failures of the past, but it will certainly leave a reader with negative feelings about China.If you want to read a book about Chinese history, Spence's "Modern China," would be far better. If you want the "undercover" insights of China's darker side, then this book is a must-read.
