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From a bookseller's description: Han defines, analyzes, and explains the process of change in modern China. From a vitriolic review by John King Fairbank characterizing the book in short at the end of the long review by quoting the last sentence: "China is undergoing a revulsive crisis (I) because this Civilization-State (II) in order to overcome its internal crisis and its humiliation (III) wants to invent (IV) and thus recover its cohesion (V) and its inspiration (VI) through its educators (VII) who mobilize it against cultural oppression (VIII)." Mao being the "educator", Fairbank added.