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Tao Te Ching Illustrated: The Way to Goodness and Power by Lao Tzu
RRP: $58.48$38.84No understanding of Chinese civilization is possible without a grasp of Taoism, the philosophy that has shaped not just Chinese spirituality but also art, science and politics. And it was in the Tao Te Ching, written around 300BC, that the fundamental... -
The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century by Bruce Dickson
RRP: $48.75$38.98How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its peopleSince 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity,... -
The War on the Uyghurs: China's Campaign Against Xinjiang's Muslims by Sean R. Roberts 9781526147684
RRP: $48.75$35.14The first account of one of the world's most pressing humanitarian catastrophes.This eye-opening book reveals how China has used the US-led Global War on Terror as cover for its increasingly brutal suppression of the Uyghur people. China's actions, it... -
Chinese Architecture: A History by Nancy Steinhardt 9780691169989
RRP: $117.00$95.75An unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to todayThroughout history, China has maintained one of the world's richest built civilizations. The nation's architectural achievements range from... -
The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong by Jonathan Dimbleby 9781526701831
$36.951 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China. In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, was appointed Hong Kong's last governor, and... -
Chinese Grammatology: Script Revolution and Literary Modernity, 1916-1958 by Yurou Zhong
RRP: $58.50$45.42Today, Chinese characters are described as a national treasure, the core of the nation's civilizational identity. Yet for nearly half of the twentieth century, reformers waged war on the Chinese script. They declared it an archaic hindrance to... -
How the Red Sun Rose: The Origin and Development of the Yan'an Rectification Movement, 1930-1945 Hua Gao 9789629968229
$165.26This work offers the most comprehensive account of the origin and consequences of the Yan'an Rectification Movement from 1942 to 1945. The author argues that this campaign emancipated the Chinese Communist Party from Soviet-infleunced dogmatism and... -
The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures by Justin M Jacobs
RRP: $46.80$44.91From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely seen as "stolen" or "plundered" from their countries of origin, and demands for their return grow louder... -
Records of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Language by Wilt L. Idema 9781624665233
RRP: $37.03$30.56The saga of the Three Kingdoms-which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (ca. 180-220 CE) that divided the old Han Empire into the Shu, Wei, and Wu states-remains as popular as ever in China, having served as the basis of not only traditional... -
Speaking of Chinese: A Cultural History of the Chinese Language by Raymond Chang 9780393321876
RRP: $32.18$26.75Not a how-to text, this beguiling book is instead a fascinating look at Chinese language and culture. Ranging through history, literature, folklore, linguistics, and sociology, this is a breezy, straightforward primer of surprising breadth.About the... -
Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs: A Comprehensive Handbook on Symbolism in Chinese Art Through the Ages Charles Alfred Speed Williams 9780804850070
RRP: $33.13$20.26In Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs Fourth Edition, scholar C.A.S. Williams offers concise explanations of the important symbols and motifs relevant to Chinese literature, arts and crafts, and architecture. This reference book has been a standard among... -
Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades: Wuxia Roleplaying by Brendan Davis
RRP: $48.75$39.55Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades is a roleplaying game of dark adventure and heroic thrills inspired primarily by the wuxia stories of Gu Long. Players assume the roles of eccentric heroes who solve mysteries, avenge misdeeds, uphold justice, and... -
The Man Who Stayed Behind by Sidney Rittenberg
RRP: $50.68$44.64The Man Who Stayed Behind is the remarkable account of Sidney Rittenberg, an American who was sent to China by the U.S. military in the 1940s. A student activist and labor organizer who was fluent in Chinese, Rittenberg became caught up in the turbulence... -
Dealing with China Hank Paulson 9781472228703
RRP: $21.43$14.43DEALING WITH CHINA takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution and future of China's state-controlled capitalism.Hank Paulson has dealt with China unlike any other foreigner. As head of Goldman Sachs, Paulson had a pivotal... -
China's Hidden Children: Abandonment, Adoption, and the Human Costs of the One-Child Policy by Kay Ann Johnson
RRP: $31.20$26.99In the thirty-five years since China instituted its One-Child Policy, 120,000 children mostly girls have left China through international adoption, including 85,000 to the United States. It's generally assumed that this diaspora is the result of China's... -
China in World History, Third Edition by Samuel Adrian M. Msamu Adshead 9780312225650
RRP: $87.73$87.69This new edition provides a new preface to this highly popular book. The theme of the book is China's relations with the non-Chinese world, not only political and economic, but cultural, social and technological as well. It seeks to show that China's... -
The Tao Of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory And Practice In Traditional China by Ralph D. Sawyer 9780813342405
$64.92In The Tao of Spycraft , for the first time anywhere Ralph Sawyer unfolds the long and venerable tradition of spycraft and intelligence work in traditional China, revealing a vast array of theoretical materials and astounding historical developments... -
China's Disruptors: How Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent, and Other Companies are Changing the Rules of Business by Edward Tse
RRP: $21.43$15.15In China's Disruptors, Edward Tse takes an unprecedented inside look at rapidly emerging Chinese entrepreneurs and their game-changing impact on both China and the world.In September 2014, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba raised $25 billion in the... -
Peking Story David Kidd 9781906011000
RRP: $29.23$19.11A haunting and delicately observed description of the last days of Mandarin culture before the revolution, "Peking Story" is a testimony to a way of life, a culture, an aesthetic and a civilisation which has since completely disappeared. As the American... -
China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay by Minxin Pei
RRP: $66.20$53.45When Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path to economic reform in the late 1970s, he vowed to build "socialism with Chinese characteristics." More than three decades later, China's efforts to modernize have yielded something very different from the... -
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng
RRP: $68.25$45.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800750586Author Yang JishengFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
The Emperor's Feast by Jonathan Clements 9781529332469 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.43$11.91'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern cuisine is the delicious fruit of a rich, ancient and perhaps surprisingly multicultural tradition' FUCHSIA DUNLOP, SPECTATOR'A... -
The Emperor's Feast by Jonathan Clements
RRP: $21.43$14.43'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern cuisine is the delicious fruit of a rich, ancient and perhaps surprisingly multicultural tradition' FUCHSIA DUNLOP, SPECTATOR'A... -
The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China’s Search for a New International Order by Simon Curtis 9780300266900
RRP: $48.75$40.79An exploration of how China's Belt and Road Initiative seeks to reshape international order and how it has catalyzed a new era of infrastructural geopolitics Over the past decade China has put infrastructural and urban development at the heart of a... -
The Emperor's New Road: China and the Project of the Century by Jonathan E Hillman
RRP: $48.75$40.79A prominent authority on China's Belt and Road Initiative reveals the global risks lurking within Beijing's project of the century"A reality check on Beijing's global infrastructure project."-Peter Neville-Hadley, South China Morning Post"For all the... -
The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai (Li Po) by Ha Jin
RRP: $27.28$19.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525562436Author Ha JinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought by Hui Wang
RRP: $122.75$97.19"Brilliantly reveals a China that has always been lively and pluralist in its political thought...His analysis has immense relevance for China today." -Rana Mitter, Foreign AffairsThe definitive history of China's philosophical confrontation with... -
The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 by Mark R. Peattie
RRP: $58.48$52.46Winner of the 2012 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (non-US). Most studies of the Sino-Japanese War are presented from the perspective of the West. Departing from this tradition, The Battle for China brings together Chinese,... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
RRP: $67.26$48.63This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern... -
China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
RRP: $21.43$15.15In this fully revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) , Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower, and... -
Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village by William Hinton 9781583671757
RRP: $36.95$31.26More than forty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential volume for those fascinated with China's revolutionary process of rural reform and social change. A pioneering work, "Fanshan" is a marvelous and... -
The Long March 1934-35 by Benjamin Lai
$36.91Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March. In the autumn of 1934, the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek routed the Chinese Communists and some 80,000 men, women and children left their homes to walk with Mao... -
Chinese Myths & Tales: Epic Tales by Flame Tree Studio
RRP: $39.00$26.81Great floods and river Gods, snake spirits, and Immortals, China's unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and the endless wars between tribes and dynasties. The result is a rich landscape of humanity, gods and... -
A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden): Selected Writings by Zhi Li 9780231166133
RRP: $54.60$42.51Li Zhi's iconoclastic interpretations of history, religion, literature, and social relations have fascinated Chinese intellectuals for centuries. His approach synthesized Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ethics and incorporated the Neo-Confucian idealism... -
Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence by Ryan Hass
$39.76An examination of how America can strengthen its approach to China by building on its existing advantages"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how the United States can renew its advantages in its competition with China... -
Great Books of China by Frances Wood 9781837930210
RRP: $21.43$13.88Discover - or rediscover - the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. Great Books of China offers concise introductions - each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question - to sixty-six works in... -
The Art of War by Ralph D. Sawyer
RRP: $25.33$19.66The Art of War is almost certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written and has had an extraordinary influence on the history of warfare. The principles Sun-tzu expounded were utilized brilliantly by such great Asian war leaders as Mao... -
China 1949: Year of Revolution by Graham Hutchings 9780755607334
RRP: $58.50$44.54"Excellent." The Economist "A gripping account." South China Morning Post "Well worth reading." The Morning Star "A persuasive and readable narrative." History Today "Elegantly written." The Tablet "An excellent study." The Chartist "Engaging."... -
The Art of War: A Graphic Novel by Sun Tzu 9781684124299
RRP: $38.98$29.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684124299Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Canterbury ClassicsPublisher Canterbury ClassicsWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 244mm *... -
China's Millennials: The Want Generation by Eric Fish 9781442272491
RRP: $58.50$52.03In 1989, students marched on Tiananmen Square demanding democratic reform. The Communist Party responded with a massacre, but it was jolted into restructuring the economy and overhauling the education of its young citizens. A generation later, Chinese...