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"The tectonic plates that form China have left it a checkerboard of mountains and rivers and memories. From the south, the Indian plate pushes up into the Eurasian, creating the Himalayas and the vast Tibetan plateau that almost cuts the country off from the rest of the continent. Rippling outward a...

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Main Author: Johnson, Ian, 1962 July 27- (Author)
Corporate Author: Council on Foreign Relations
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Summary:"The tectonic plates that form China have left it a checkerboard of mountains and rivers and memories. From the south, the Indian plate pushes up into the Eurasian, creating the Himalayas and the vast Tibetan plateau that almost cuts the country off from the rest of the continent. Rippling outward are smaller mountain ranges that ebb and flow toward the Pacific Ocean, like deep swells heaving through the land"--
Item Description:"A Council on Foreign Relations book" -- title page.
Physical Description:xv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197575505
0197575501
Author Notes:Ian Johnson is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has lived more than twenty years in China as a student, journalist, and teacher. His work appears regularly in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and other publications, and for five years he was on the editorial board of The Journal of Asian Studies. He has won numerous prizes for his coverage of China, including a Pulitzer Prize, and Stanford University's Shorenstein Journalism Award. His work has been supported by the Open Society Foundation, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, the Robert B. Silvers Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars Program.