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The unbending dictates of Communist China pit one generation against another in this lyrical and heartrending story of a family's 15-year struggle to ... More

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Hong Kong Then charts the changes in Hong Kong since 1948 as it gradually assimilates aspects of the Western world into its traditional culture ... More

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Describes the archaeological discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior statues in northern China in 1974, and discusses the emperor who ... More

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Published in conjunction with the opening of an exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, this volume explores Chinese culture ... More

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In 1966 twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. Disillusion soon followed, then turned ... More

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ZZ offers a swaggering true tale of sex, drugs, and money in the new young professional class in China.

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In this alternately hilarious and heartrending memoir, acclaimed writer and editor Paul Hanstedt recounts the true story of his family's recent ... More

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The last work of the internationally known, Booker-shortlisted writer is a memoir of growing up in 1950s Hong Kong.

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The Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography contains biographies of over 500 people who are no longer alive and who have played an important, ... More

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In this never-before-seen account, Henry F. Pringle, a Chinese citizen of British parentage, describes the Japanese occupation of Shanghai from a ... More

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Big River, Big Sea. Long Yingtai traveled all over China and the world, and looked in her own backyard, to collect the stories of the people who ... More

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David Kidd lived in the city of Peking from 1946 to 1950, and in 1949, when the communists had just come to power, he married the daughter of an ... More

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An unprecedented, unflinching, warts-and-all rags to riches story of one of China's most successful female entrepreneurs.

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The saga of modern China is told through the voices of three generations, who were, in their country's revolution and wars. Part memoir and part ... More

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A young Chinese girl grows up in a family that includes her father's concubine against the backdrop of the Communist takeover.

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Deng Wen-yi, a major general at age 22, has no time for his motherless daughter, Yuan-yu. He is catapulted into a series of adventures and ... More

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Reprint of the 1909 original, with a new introduction by H. K. Kuloy. Account of Kawaguchi s now legendary solo trip, beginning 1899, through a Tibet ... More

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"Mulberry Child" is the true story of a childhood before, during, and after the Cultural Revolution in China.

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Julia S. Lin blends colorful historical accounts and rich family genealogy with the artful skill of a master storyteller. Writing with clear, ... More

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Unifier or destroyer, law-maker or tyrant? China's First Emperor (258-210 BC) has been the subject of debate for over 2,000 years. He gave us the ... More

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The Capital of Heaven is the noblest peak of Huang Shan, the mountain range of central China that has been an inspiration to artists throughout ... More

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"The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted." The short-lived Qin dynasty unified ... More

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