The Second Chinese Revolution explores some of the keys to understanding China, a country whose evolution already affects all of us. Beginning in 1978 - when China's GDP was only 6% of the USA's - the author takes us through the different aspects that have played a fundamental role in the country's change: China's eruption in world markets in the background of the West's economic crisis; its obsession with science and technology and its relentless march towards a 'knowledge society'; and a reassessment of the Tiananmen Square events of June 1989 and the ongoing debate on political reform. The book also includes a comparative analysis of the reforms in China and Russia in the last decades.


Eugenio Bregolat is a former diplomat, having served an unprecedented three times as Spanish Ambassador to China (1987-1991, 1999-2003, 2011-2013). Eugenio has also served as Ambassador to Russia, Canada, Andorra and Indonesia.