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Download or read book Dictionary of the Political Thought of the People's Republic of China written by Henry Yuhuai He and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 973 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far more than a simple glossary, this unique resource provides a detailed lexicography of political and social life in China today, and deepens our understanding of the last twenty years of enormous change in the People's Republic. Each of the 1,600 entries (1) is rendered in Chinese characters; (2) is alphabetized according to pinyin, the Chinese phonetic alphabet; (3) is translated into English; and (4) is explained in terms of the situation in which it first appeared and how its meaning shifted over time. In addition to the main body of definitions and annotations, there are three appendices, abbreviations, a name index, and a bibliography.