Reinventing the Methodology of Studying Contemporary China 18 1999 at the University of

1999 at the University of Potsdam

as well as new methodological trends such as Interface-Engineering techniques

This work grew out of several years of research

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Reinventing the Methodology of Studying Contemporary China 18 1999 at the University ofThis book illustrates how the one dot theory, which is a dialectical study, is well suited to describing, explaining and inferring contemporary Chinas past, present and future. It argues that since October 1949, the field of contemporary China studies has been dominated by modified and abandoned non dialectical theories and models. It also challenges selected non dialectical theories and models which were first generated in the West, such as the game