All Under Heaven: China's Dreams of Order, by Jeanne-Marie Gescher
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Is China’s greatest importance to the world really its economy?
Jeanne-Marie Gescher, a highly-respected China observer who has lived in Beijing since 1989, argues that China’s importance really lies in a 5,000 year question about order: is order only to be found under a single top-down ruler or does it depend on the voices of human beings? And if the latter, what ‘kind’ of human beings are required?
Weaving together the inspirations, ideas, wars and dreams that have shaped the way China’s people have thought about order from the ancient past to the recent present, Gescher reveals a story of China as an epic and continuing battle about order that strikes at the heart of what it means to be Chinese.
With the past in perspective, the clashes between China’s people and the Party come to life as never before – and the importance of China’s question becomes clear for everything, including economics.
In a thought-provoking conclusion, Gescher invites readers to make their own, informed, views about how order might be found in China – and then to take one step further and apply China’s question to the wider world.
"For the first time, a history of China that tells you why it thinks and acts the way it does." -- Richard Spencer, former China bureau chief, Daily Telegraph "This changes the conversation. An extraordinary book." -- Tim Clissold, best-selling author of Mr. China
All Under Heaven: China's Dreams of Order, by Jeanne-Marie Gescher - Amazon Sales Rank: #1095651 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.55" w x 6.00" l, 1.99 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 686 pages
All Under Heaven: China's Dreams of Order, by Jeanne-Marie Gescher Review 'Jeanne-Marie Gescher is one of the most respected of the foreign advisors on China. Her argument that history, geography and human nature are essential to understanding the country and its future is one that any China expert would wholeheartedly endorse.' -- Peter Batey, OBE, co-founder, European Chamber of Commerce in China, former chairman, Great Britain-China Centre and British Chamber of Commerce in China 'For the first time, a history of China that tells you why it thinks and acts the way it does. Gescher's recommendations for the way forward should be read by everyone who cares about the fundamental questions raised by China's re-emergence as a global power.' -- Richard Spencer, former China bureau chief, Daily Telegraph  'There are two books on China that are 'must reads' this year- Hank Paulson's and Gescher's...All Under Heaven could not be more different, but it is no less important ... there's nothing quite like this out there.' -- Peter Wheeler, former Goldman Sachs partner (and first Chief Representative in Beijing) 'In 1997 I wrote that the future would be determined by the ability of business and governments to perform against a triple bottom line of people, planet and profit. Jeanne-Marie's powerful new book reminds us that in China, with its vast population, people are pivotal. Their future is ours. Required reading for all true business leaders.' -- John Elkington, co-founder of SustainAbility, executive chairman and co-founder of Volans, author of the best-selling Cannibals with Forks, co-author (with Pamela Hartigan) of The Power of Unreasonable People and (with Jochen Zeitz) of The Breakthrough Challenge 'If China is The Heavenly Empire, then Jeanne-Marie Gescher is an enlightened prophet who transports us from an ancient splendour to the tumultuous realities of China today, offering deep knowledge and sparkling insights every step of the way.' -- James L. McGregor, author of the best-selling One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China, former CEO of Dow Jones & Company in China and Wall Street Journal Bureau Chief in China and Taiwan 'This is a magisterial book: about China but also about what it is to be human on a planet approaching 9 billion people." -- Professor David Grayson CBE, director, Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield University School of Management 'Years ago, Martin Jacques wrote a bestseller on China from the outside, When China Rules the World. Gescher's All Under Heaven is China written from the inside. All whose work requires critical China understanding will be grateful to Gescher for lighting their way.' -- David Kelly, visiting professor at Peking University's Institute of Sociology and Anthropology, co-founder and research director, China Policy 'A page-turning work of genius and originality: the history of a great and brilliant people, and the anatomy of China's soul.' -- Adam Williams, OBE, China businessman, author of the Chinese best-seller The Emperor's Bones 'Epic in its scope, Jeanne-Marie Gescher's original, insightful and absorbing book will change the way readers understand China. If there is one China book to read this year, this is it.' -- Isabel Hilton, founding editor, China Dialogue 'All Under HeAven is a tour de force that succeeds brilliantly in opening up this most complex of countries.' --Paul Fletcher, Chairman, Actis 'Jeanne-Marie provides fascinating and well informed insights into a Chinese view of the world. This is an important and stimulating book.' -- Roderick Wye, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House 'All Under Heaven is a big and important book whose scale reflects the ambition and range of its author. A riveting read, All Under Heaven is a truly remarkable and ground-breaking achievement.' -- Victoria Barnsley, former CEO and Publisher of HarperCollins UK and International
About the Author JEANNE-MARIE GESCHER, is one of the world's leading experts on China. An advisor to business and government since 1989, she is regarded as one of the most authoritative and thought-provoking observers of China and on the global order as seen through Chinese eyes. A barrister by profession and a curious mind by choice, Jeanne-Marie's early career included the practice of international law at the bar; advisory work with the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development and a lectureship at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Founder of one of the earliest private advisory firms in China, cga, and of a virtual think tank, cga.insight, her client work has touched almost every sector of the Chinese economy and addressed many of the most important issues that have shaped China over the past 20 years. In recent years, her attention has focused primarily on the relationship between China's domestic policy and its increasingly active geopolicy. Jeanne-Marie has been honorary legal advisor to successive British Ambassadors to the PRC since 1989; she is a twice-elected chair of the British Chamber of Commerce and a longstanding advisor on China to global businesses, think-tanks and multilateral and non-governmental organisations. In 2002, Jeanne-Marie received an OBE for her work on China-UK dialogue. She is an ambassador for Leaders Quest. Her book, All Under Heaven China's Dreams of Order, was published on October 15, 2015.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent read: through China, the human experience explained By Amazon Customer This is an extraordinary book. It combines lyrical story telling with knowledge, research and perspective on one of the most dynamic and important narratives in human history: the story of China from mythical to modern times. While it may seem at first blush to be a book about China it is in fact a book about what it means to be human, with China offering the keyhole through which readers can catch an insightful glimpse of our shared truth. If you are interested in how we--collectively--come to be where we are today, then this book is a must read. And of course if China is a country that has intrigued or challenged you as it has so many within and beyond the country's borders, then this book will explain a great deal. I am more aware of the world around me courtesy of this great read. I can't wait to see what Gescher writes next.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I sincerely believe that this is a great book for anyone who wants to get a broad ... By Philip Chapnick This is the first book review I’ve ever written for Amazon, and while I am admittedly writing it to review a friend’s book, I sincerely believe that this is a great book for anyone who wants to get a broad and insightful look at contemporary China. With more than 5000 years of history, and a cultural depth and that dwarfs any other modern country, “China”, -- whatever that might mean beyond a designator on a map or a passport -- is a tough topic to get one’s mind around. And although there are certainly many fine books in English that that do an excellent job telling the story of China and its rich and complex history, this one is a fitting and worthwhile addition to that vast bibliography on China.It’s risky – and I am becoming increasingly convinced ultimately fruitless -- to try to summarize or encapsulate a complex country, people, culture, civilization or whatever metadescriptor one wants to hang on “China” into a single thematic. I take this type of approach in general to be form of Hegelian fantasy—or perhaps Hegelian fallacy. However, I am a big fan of RG Collingwood, and especially his posthumously published book – The Idea of History. He sees History not as an accretion of details and facts but, in its essence, a study of mind. This book fits squarely into that view of history. In trying to make coherent sense of the happenings in today’s China, the author looks across the span of Chinese history to come to grips with the Chinese mind. The book is an extended search for an underlying meaning – an inside -- to the externalities of the events that define Chinese history; to find what binds them together into a coherent vision that the Chinese themselves see reflected in their own historical process. And she finds it in the Chinese concept of Tianxia –“All Under Heaven” – the dream of a unified society under the rule of a (benign?) supreme power whose authority is granted by the mandate of Heaven itself.There’s so much to unpack here and although I am a spiritual person, but not a particularly religious one, I am confident that the “Heaven” referred to here is mothing like the Judeo-Christian heaven. Essentially this long and wonderful book is about how to make sense of the Chinese vision of Tianxia and how this underlies the current political situation in which they live. In the modern context the Communist Party has received the mandate of heaven and the dreams of order referred to in the title are manifested through the dictatorship of the people as interpreted and administered by the party through its paramount leader (“the emperor”?) for the good of the “people.”The first third of the book sets the stage for the modern era. It is a retelling of Chinese history up to the Republican period – the fall of the dynastic rule in 1911. I say retelling because throughout the entire book, Ms. Gescher, who is an excellent writer and a dramatic story teller, weaves the historical fact into compelling tales that humanize and bring alive the vast weep of Chinese history. While I understand this extends beyond the scope of a strictly historical approach, it makes a long and complicated tale a really good read.The bulk of the book –some 400 pages -- is concerned with modern China. Having worked in China since the 1980’s with emphasis on providing context and support for western companies trying to operate successfully and effectively in China, Ms. Gescher is especially strong in getting under the surface of contemporary Chinese events. She carefully brings this modern historical period into focus by adroitly traversing across the historical rupture occasioned by the Communist Party takeover in 1949 without losing touch with the deeper rhythms of Chinese society.This is not a “How to run a successful business in China” book. Or one that provides firm conclusions on whether or not China will “take over the world” or collapse under the weight of an unsustainable economic and political system. It is a deeply thoughtful and insightful view of China that will reward you with a view of the inside of the events that have taken place in the last 5000 years in China. That is not to say this is purely a historical view of China with no “practical” value. The thoughtful reader will come away with a deepened and well informed view of China. They will be able to make far better analyses of current events and to draw much more contextually founded conclusions about how to interpret what these might mean and where they might lead.There is a good, though somewhat breathless bibliography, but unfortunately – and this does diminish the utility of the book in my view – there is no index. A cavil perhaps, but something I would have greatly appreciated.As must be clear already, I think this is a brilliant book! I can unreservedly recommend it to anyone who wants to go underneath the surface of current events in China and get a view informed by the depth and richness of the more than 5000 years of Chinese civilization.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is a brilliant book - a huge undertaking By Lindsay Levin This is a brilliant book - a huge undertaking, beautifully delivered. It's very different to anything else I've seen on China or anywhere else. It's very well researched yet manages to read like a story - deeply human and nuanced. All Under Heaven is also full of surprises. It's a perceptive and wise book. Jeanne-Marie Gescher asks difficult questions that prompt us to reflect rather than judge. I emerged from it a million times more knowledgeable about China. but that wasn't really the point. It's a book about life, values, purpose and ultimately - how we human beings live together and share the planet and the future. Very timely!
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