{"product_id":"9781408887257","title":"Becoming China: The Story Behind the State","description":"One of the two most powerful states in the world, China continues to be seen as a mystery even after decades of an open door. How does China work, what does it want, why does it want it, and what does its rise to global power mean for the rest of the world?  As the twenty-first century looks set to be the stage for a battle about competing geopolitical ideals, these are urgent questions for everyone with an interest in what the future might bring. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEpic in scope, this is the story of how China became the state it is today and how its worldview is based on what has gone before. Weaving together inspirations, ideas, wars and dreams to reveal the heart of what it means to be Chinese and how the past impacts on the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite decades of a relatively open door relationship with the rest of the world, China is still a mystery to many outside it. A world of its own, China isboth a microcosm and an amplification of questions and events in the wider world. China's story offers us an opportunity to hold a mirror to ourselves: to our own assumptions, to our values, and to our ideas about the most important question of all:  what it means to be human in the world of the state.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152088678640,"sku":"9781408887257","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408887257_p0.jpg?v=1763721879","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408887257","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}