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Edited and expanded from the original conference papers, the wide-ranging essays in this bilingual volume remain true to the conference’s aim: to promote open discussion of the past, present, and future of the People’s Republic of China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Kirby is Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration and T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University, as well as Chair of the Harvard China Fund and Faculty Chair of the Harvard Center Shanghai. His many books include \u003ci\u003eCan China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul A. Cohen is Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies and History Emeritus at Wellesley College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerle Goldman was Professor of History, Emerita, at Boston University and Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur Kleinman has taught for over forty years in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and in the Department of Anthropology, where he is Rabb Professor. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, and the Human Condition \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElisabeth Köll is the William Payden Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKlaus Mühlhahn is Professor of Modern China Studies and President of Zeppelin University. His \u003ci\u003eCriminal Justice in China\u003c\/i\u003e won the John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDwight H. Perkins is Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth J. Perry is Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert S. Ross is Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Szonyi is Frank Wen-hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXiaofei Tian is Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew G. Walder is Denise O’Leary and Kent Thiry Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eFractured Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Barrington Moore Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eChina Under Mao\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Harvard). A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Guggenheim fellow, Walder has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Science, and the Ford Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin K. Whyte is John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Emeritus, Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554150666401,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674060647","price":37.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674060647.jpg?v=1781756864","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/peoples-republic-of-china-at-60-paperback-by-william-c-kirby","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}