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The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
epub |eng | 1996-12-31 | Author:Iris Chang

The next morning Rabe awoke to the sound of yet another air raid. Apparently not all of the Chinese army had been forced from of the city, he thought. It ...
( Category: Holocaust December 8,2014 )
Red Star over China by Edgar Snow
epub |eng | 1938-11-22 | Author:Edgar Snow

3 Four Great Horses One might say that Chinghai, Ninghsia, and northern Kansu were the prototype of that fantasia of Swift’s, the land of the Houyhnhnms, for they were ruled ...
( Category: Communism & Socialism November 23,2014 )
The Analects by Confucius
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-09-12 | Author:Confucius

11.18 Chai [Zigao] is simpleminded; Can [Zeng Can, or Zengzi] is slow; Shi [Zizhang] is given to excess; You [Zilu] tends to be unruly. Zigao was a disciple of Confucius, ...
( Category: Asian November 21,2014 )
The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History by Don Oberdorfer
epub |eng | 1997-01-02 | Author:Don Oberdorfer [Oberdorfer, Don]

In the spring of 1990, China finally activated a channel for unofficial contacts aimed at eventual diplomatic relations with Seoul. The initial discussions, resembling the meetings of go-betweens exploring a ...
( Category: South November 11,2014 )
Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen
epub |eng | 1999-02-23 | Author:Da Chen [Chen, Da]

AS THE SUMMER vacation drew near, Dad came back one day with the good news that Professor Wei would be willing to help tutor me in English, but she would ...
( Category: China November 7,2014 )
The Man on Mao's Right by Ji Chaozhu
epub |eng | 2008-07-14 | Author:Ji Chaozhu [Chaozhu, Ji]

CHAPTER 17 Contradictions at the Top Xiangtong and I married in the middle of a monthlong period when the Hundred Flowers Campaign reached a feverish, nerve-racking pitch. The Party leadership ...
( Category: Chinese November 7,2014 )
The Bitter Sea by Charles N. Li
epub |eng | 2008-07-09 | Author:Charles N. Li [Charles N. Li]

Toward the end of his first year at Peking University, a few months before he met and married Mother, Father was profoundly influenced by the May Fourth Movement, a student-led ...
( Category: China November 7,2014 )
The Imperial Cruise A Secret History of
epub | | | Author:James Bradley

( Category: Diplomacy October 31,2014 )
The Good Women Of China by Xinran
epub, mobi |eng | 2002-07-03 | Author:Xinran [Xinran]

10 The Woman Who Waited Forty-five Years It is characteristic of the modern Chinese to have either a family with no feelings or feelings but no family. Living conditions force ...
( Category: General October 16,2014 )
Age of Ambition by Evan Osnos
epub |eng | | Author:Evan Osnos

FOURTEEN THE GERM IN THE HENHOUSE The people in sunglasses did not immediately attract attention. When the first portraits appeared on Chinese social media sites in the fall of 2011, ...
( Category: Asian October 16,2014 )
A Thousand Pieces of Gold by Adeline Yen Mah
epub, azw3, pdf |eng | | Author:Adeline Yen Mah

Although Chen’s fame and fortune lasted for barely six months at the end of his life, his name became legendary and his exploits emerged as a major influence after his ...
( Category: China October 16,2014 )
The Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-08-14 | Author:Valerie Hansen

CHAPTER 6 The Time Capsule of Silk Road History The Dunhuang Caves If you are going to visit only one Silk Road site, make it Dunhuang. The physical setting is ...
( Category: Cultural October 15,2014 )
The Emperor Far Away by David Eimer
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-05-20 | Author:David Eimer

Part III YUNNAN – TROUBLE IN PARADISE The term savages, used by so many authors to denote all hill tribes of Indo-China, is very inaccurate and misleading, as many of ...
( Category: Travel September 22,2014 )
Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong by Guo Xiaoting
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Guo Xiaoting

CHAPTER 36 The prime minister questions a false dragon; Chai and She find a hanging man IN the library when Yang Zaitian asked the assassin’s name, the outlaw replied, “My ...
( Category: Buddhism September 22,2014 )
Tide Players: The Movers and Shakers of a Rising China by Zha Jianying
mobi |eng | 2011-03-28 | Author:Zha, Jianying [Zha, Jianying]

6. After our dinner, Zhang Weiying e-mailed me a number of his articles on university reform. Unlike the author of the cool, technical, official Beida documents, Zhang in these articles ...
( Category: Asian August 28,2014 )

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