CHINA!: Inside the People's Republic

In summer, 1971, the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars toured China.  This broad antiwar group, founded in 1968 by students, historians, political scientists, and sociologists, is the first group of Asian specialists to visit mainland China in 22 years.  Most members of the group speak fluent Chinese, each member representing the most current American knowledge on China.  For one month, the CCAS group traveled throughout the republic.  They visited cities, farms and factories.  The talked with workers, students, farmers, children, government officials and soldiers.

What is China?  Can it be understood?  The authors give us the most pointed and direct American analysis that we have had for the past 2 decades.