This introductory chapter shed light to how complex the politics, economy, and government are in China. It starts off by shedding light on the conflict that occurred in Tian’anmen Square and that movement. Then discusses how China can no longer be labeled socialist or capitalist because it has aspects of both. China is a cauldron of a socialist government, market economy, globalization, modernization and traditional culture. People do not see China for all that it is because they have a prejudices or a believed false insight. This book evaluates China in a China-centric approach, so it should be as close to accurate that you can encounter. This book aims to describe the changing politics in China, society, economy and nation globalization through the prism of the neo-socialist experiment and experience, asking questions which start from Chinese realities.

This  chapter did not clear anything up, but just made me more confused. It shed light on the complexity and how biased we Americans feel towards China. I will be  interested to read more about the different topics in detail. Hopefully, I will become a lot less confused at the end of the book.