'In post-Mao China, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-97) urged his one billion countrymen to "seek truth from facts" and accept the merit (and apparent contradictions) of his "reform policy". As the world entered the 21st century, taking its cue from Deng's overture, China had become the leading economic story of the day. The process by which China navigated its course towards a central position in world affairs is as astonishing as it is momentous. With China, Portrait of a Country, Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing presents a visual history of the People's Republic of China. Drawn directly from the archives of 88 of the nation's photographers, he unveils the events and experiences that have unfolded through the sixty tumultuous years of the People's Republic of China, from its founding in 1949 to the economic powerhouse of today.
Also included in this book are a chronology listing all the major political events, a map of China, and biographies of all contributing photographers.' (Front flap of the book)
Alternative title

Portrait eines Landes | Portrait d'un pays

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Onsite

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CAI Shangxiong, 蔡尚雄

CHEN Changfen, 陳長芬

CHEN Ling

CHUNG Ricky

DU Xiuxian

FENG Jianguo, 馮建國

GU Shoukang

GUO Gai, 郭盖

HAN Lei, 韓磊

He Yanguang, 何延光

HONG Ke

HOU Bo, 侯波

HU Wugong, 胡武功

HU Yang, 胡楊

HUANG Yimin

inri, 映里

JI Lianbo

JIANG Jian, 姜健

JIANG Shaowu, 蔣少武

JIN Cheng

LEI Yu

LI Lang, 黎朗

LI Nan, 李楠

LI Zhensheng, 李振盛

LIU Heungshing, 劉香成

LIU Zheng, 劉錚

LU Beifeng, 盧北峰

LU Guang, 盧廣

LU Nan, 呂楠

LU Xiangyou

Rong Rong, 榮榮

LUO Xiaoyun, 羅小韻

MENG Zhaorui

MIAO Jiaxin, 繆佳欣

PENG Xiangjie, 彭祥杰

PU Feng

QIAN Sijie

QIN Wen

QIU Haiying

QIU Yan

REN Wen

RU Suichu, 茹遂初

SHI Xunfeng

TANG Desheng

WANG Fuchun, 王福春

WANG Jie, 王捷

WANG Jing, 王敬

WANG Jinsong, 王勁松

WANG Shilong, 王世龍

WANG Wenlan

WEI Dezhong, 魏德忠

WEI Dong

WEI Ruoxun

WENG Naiqiang, 翁乃強

WU Jialin, 吳家林

XIAO Quan, 肖全

XIAO Ye

XIAO Zhuang, 曉莊

XIE Guanghui

XIE Hailong, 解海龍

XING Danwen, 邢丹文

XU Xiaobing, 徐肖冰

YANG Shaoming, 楊紹明

YANG Shizhong

YANG Yankang, 楊延康

YIN Fukan

YONG He, 雍和

YU Deshui, 于德水

YU Haibo, 余海波

YUAN Kezhong

ZENG Nian

ZHANG Dali, 張大力

ZHANG Peng, 張鵬

ZHANG Yaxin

ZHAO Qunying

ZHENG Pingping

ZHOU Chao

ZHOU Yan

ZHOU Yue

ZUO Jiazhong

Location code
REFL.LHS3
Language

English, 

French, 

German

Publication/Creation date

2008

No of pages

424

ISBN / ISSN

9783836505697

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

China 1949 - Today: Historical Context - James KYNGE

Picture This! - Karen SMITH

1949-1959: The Birth of Modern China

1960-1969: Great Leap Backward

1970-1979: Suspicion, Subversion, and Continued Madness

1980-1989: Rock 'n' Roll and Modernization

1990-1999: Actions Speaking Louder than Words

2000-Today: China Joins the World

China: Portrait of a Country by 88 Chinese Photographers
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