Hendrik Schulte Nordholt is a sinologist. He started working in 1981 as a government official promoting economic relations between the Netherlands and China. In 1985 Schulte Nordholt set up the first Dutch bank (AMRO) in China, but in 1992 he decided to 'jump into the sea' and with two partners established the technology company Hofung. Schulte Nord.holt has lived in China for twenty years, and frequently speaks and publishes on China.

• Prologue Introduction 1 The Lofty Classical Order 2 The Century of Humiliation 3 A New Beginning 4 Xi Jinping Has a Dream 5 The Eternal Party 6 An Alternative to the Party? 7 The Experience of History: From Supremacy to Shame 8 Foreign Policy under Mao and Deng: From Rebellion to Harmony 9 The New Nationalism 10 The Party on a Dead-End Street 11 The Third Way 12 The World of the Great Harmony Epilogue Notes Acknowledgements Works Consulted Index of Persons Chinese Dynasties and Chairmen of the People's Republic of China

Hendrik Schulte Nordholt is a sinologist. He started working in 1981 as a government official promoting economic relations between the Netherlands and China. In 1985 Schulte Nordholt set up the first Dutch bank (AMRO) in China, but in 1992 he decided to 'jump into the sea' and with two partners established the technology company Hofung. Schulte Nord.holt has lived in China for twenty years, and frequently speaks and publishes on China.

• Prologue Introduction 1 The Lofty Classical Order 2 The Century of Humiliation 3 A New Beginning 4 Xi Jinping Has a Dream 5 The Eternal Party 6 An Alternative to the Party? 7 The Experience of History: From Supremacy to Shame 8 Foreign Policy under Mao and Deng: From Rebellion to Harmony 9 The New Nationalism 10 The Party on a Dead-End Street 11 The Third Way 12 The World of the Great Harmony Epilogue Notes Acknowledgements Works Consulted Index of Persons Chinese Dynasties and Chairmen of the People's Republic of China

Hendrik Schulte Nordholt is a sinologist. He started working in 1981 as a government official promoting economic relations between the Netherlands and China. In 1985 Schulte Nordholt set up the first Dutch bank (AMRO) in China, but in 1992 he decided to 'jump into the sea' and with two partners established the technology company Hofung. Schulte Nord.holt has lived in China for twenty years, and frequently speaks and publishes on China.

• Prologue Introduction 1 The Lofty Classical Order 2 The Century of Humiliation 3 A New Beginning 4 Xi Jinping Has a Dream 5 The Eternal Party 6 An Alternative to the Party? 7 The Experience of History: From Supremacy to Shame 8 Foreign Policy under Mao and Deng: From Rebellion to Harmony 9 The New Nationalism 10 The Party on a Dead-End Street 11 The Third Way 12 The World of the Great Harmony Epilogue Notes Acknowledgements Works Consulted Index of Persons Chinese Dynasties and Chairmen of the People's Republic of China