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The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution by Jonathan D. Spence
mobi |eng | 1982-10-28 | Author:Jonathan D. Spence [Spence, Jonathan D.]

Xu’s name had already been dropped from the masthead of his own Crescent Moon journal by more politically minded colleagues. Now, with Wen falling silent, he would have to content ...
( Category: Asia April 9,2018 )
Tiger Head, Snake Tails by Jonathan Fenby
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jonathan Fenby

12 THE WORLD AND CHINA The simple answer to the first part of that last conundrum is that, in general, governments are at a loss as to how to respond ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 9,2018 )
Out of China by Robert Bickers
epub |eng | 2017-02-13 | Author:Robert Bickers

8 Foreign Experts The former concession areas in Guangzhou on Shamian Island had been restored to their pre-war calm and beauty by the end of 1947. Some tensions existed where ...
( Category: Asia April 9,2018 )
Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language by Deborah Fallows
epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Deborah Fallows [Fallows, Deborah]

15 Yip, Po-Ching, and Rimmington, Don, Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar, Routledge, 2003. 16 http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/05/todays_chapter_on_chinese_educ.php#more 17 Guo, Xiaolu, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, Doubleday, 2007, p. 213. Rènao Hot-and-noisy 9. ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar April 9,2018 )
The Resurgence of Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
epub |eng | 2017-07-25 | Author:Ahmed Rashid

6. The Cradle of the Earth Kyrgyzstan The Kyrgyz nomads, once part of Genghis Khan’s Golden Horde, traditionally produced enough buttermilk, yogurt and cheese to feed the entire Soviet Union. ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 9,2018 )
Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land by Andrew Wiest
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Wiest

Conclusion Vietnam was Australia’s longest war, and among its most divisive and controversial. Experience in South Vietnam had again emphasized the light infantry role within the Australian Army; had introduced ...
( Category: Military April 9,2018 )
Vietnam Under Communism, 1975-1982 by Canh Nguyen Van
epub |eng | 2017-04-09 | Author:Canh, Nguyen Van

Freedom of Movement The Vietnamese Communists have deprived the Vietnamese people of their right to travel, now effectively denied by a policy of “household management.” According to this policy, each ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 9,2018 )
The Siege of Tsingtau by Charles Stephenson
epub |eng | 2017-04-09 | Author:Charles Stephenson

Chapter 8 Into the Future There can be little doubt that Japan’s entry into the war in 1914 was of immense benefit to her ally the UK, and by extension ...
( Category: Asia April 9,2018 )
Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970 (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) by Sumathi Ramaswamy
mobi |eng | 2010-07-31 | Author:Sumathi Ramaswamy

This incident is cited as the originary moment of what comes to be called tanittamil iyakkam, the "pure Tamil" movement, and is dated by most scholars to 1916, though the ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar April 9,2018 )
The Scramble for China by Robert Bickers
epub |eng | 2013-04-08 | Author:Robert Bickers

A new imperialism was coalescing in Britain, and more widely in Europe too. It used much of the older language, images, ideas and facts – the ‘facts’ that underpinned the ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 9,2018 )
Tokyo by Stephen Mansfield
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Mansfield

Despite its seclusion, Tokyo’s Imperial Palace is little more than a stone’s throw away from the business of daily life. Originally completed on the grounds of Edo Castle in 1889, ...
( Category: Asia April 9,2018 )
The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America by Stefanie Syman
epub |eng | 2010-06-22 | Author:Stefanie Syman [Syman, Stefanie]

Almost as soon as Watts arrived at the American Academy of Asian Studies, the institute faced financial troubles, and less than a year later, its founding dean, Frederic Spiegelberg, stepped ...
( Category: Exercise & Fitness April 9,2018 )
Two Billion Eyes by Ying Zhu
epub |eng | | Author:Ying Zhu [Zhu, Ying]

The Lecture Room This notion of guidance similarly drives Wan Wei and his cultural powerhouse of a show, The Lecture Room, which features, not surprisingly, lectures by Chinese scholars. It ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 9,2018 )
The New Koreans by Michael Breen
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Breen

17 THE CHAEBOL PROBLEM “My mother always told my brothers to tip waitresses well. ‘That’s where the rumors start about your character,’ she’d say.” The chaebol have always been a ...
( Category: Asia April 9,2018 )
China's Great Migration by Bradley Gardner
epub |eng | 2017-02-10 | Author:Bradley Gardner

The Future of the Hukou China has shown no sign of being interested in ending its hukou system. Instead, it has compromised, expanding access to local hukou coverage and expanding ...
( Category: Social Sciences April 9,2018 )

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