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John Gittings

John Gittings first visited China during the Cultural Revolution and was the Guardian China specialist from 1983 to 2003. He is now a research associate at the Centre of Chinese Studies at SOAS.

Selected bibliography

  • The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market (2005)
  • China Through the Sliding Door: Reporting Three Decades of Change (1999)
  • Britain in the 21st Century: Rethinking Defence and Foreign Policy edited by John Gittings and Ian Davis (1997)
  • The Real China: From Cannabalism to Karaoke (1996)
  • China Changes Face: The Road from Revolution, 1949-89 (1990)
  • The World and China, 1922-72 (1974)
  • A Chinese View of China (1973)

Contributor’s website: www.johngittings.com

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