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After spending an eventful day at the fair held on New Year's Eve, Mei Li arrives home just in time to greet the Kitchen God.

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The echanting escapades of a little boy living in China 100 years ago

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More enchanting stories of a little boy living in China 100 years ago

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A fourteen-year-old Chinese boy struggles to prove his loyalty and courage to his commune and country in the face of his fear of a predicted attack ... More

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When her husband dies, Lu Si-yan's mother is encouraged to sell her young daughter into domestic service. Lu Si-yan is just eleven when sold by her ... More

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The 21 stories in this collection written by Shanghai authors show a warm and sweet side of China

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Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, its ambitions and rewards. Beloved by millions of readers ... More

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Subtitled: The Unofficial History of the World of the Literati, this classic novel, written in the Chinese vernacular and published around 1750, is ... More

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"A professional storyteller, Fang uses the tales she heard, read, and loved as a child in Shanghai. Now she has written down nine of those stories ... More

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Eight unforgettable stories tell of the triumph of the human spirit despite the bitterness of daily toils. Elegant paintings brilliantly complement ... More

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This is a joint Hong Kong/Chinese film that won the Palme d'or jointly with Jane Campion's "The Piano" at Cannes in 1993. The story concerns the ... More

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From the author of Cinnabar comes a sweeping, dramatic saga of political upheaval, enduring love, and high adventure, set in the twilight of the Ming ... More

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In another triumphant cultural and historical novel from Pearl S. Buck, The Promise chronicles a band of Chinese soldiers who are sent to rescue a ... More

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This innovative book combines the story of Liu, who goes to visit her grandfather, with a rebus-style look at the evolution of Chinese written ... More

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Armed with stolen U.S. technology, the Chinese produce the ICBM submarine "Xia III"--a vessel that could take out the American West Coast with one ... More

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The bestselling author of "Women of the Silk" and "The Samurai's Garden" now offers a powerful story, spanning the eventful years between 1940 and ... More

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'The devil has killed our people'. Hal and Roger Hunt are in India, investigating rare and dangerous animals for their father. But on the trail of ... More

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Following the discovery of a fragment of coin, Leah and her mother set out on a quest to find their ancestral village in China. The author also wrote ... More

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A wholly unexpected, hugely entertaining work from one of the greatest actors of our time. Anatole 'Annie' Doultry is in his early 50s, a man of ... More

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A grandfather competes against his grandson in a kite flying contest on Chung Yang Chieh, the Chinese kite flying holiday. Winner of the 1988 Publish ... More

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The Chinese Immigration (Exclusion) Act, passed by the Canadian government in 1923, stopped the families of Chinese labourers working in Canada from ... More

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