Chen Jian

The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history Almost every page contains an eye-opening detail. . . . The Great Transformation evokes the multiple paths, ideas and possibilities that have shaped, and continue to shape, China's present. — Julia Lovell, Financial Times Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian chronicle how an impoverished and terrorised...

The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history “Almost every page contains an eye-opening detail. . . . The Great Transformation evokes the multiple paths, ideas and possibilities that have shaped, and continue to shape, China's present.” — Julia Lovell, Financial Times Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian chronicle how an impoverished and terrorised...