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Robert Fortune, His second journey to China was for the East India company to obtain the finest tea plants to establish plantations in India. Once again he disguised himself as Chinese 'from a dista……続きを見る

A fascinating look at the other side of the Opium Wars In this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 1839–1842 and 1856–1860 between Britain and China are recounted for the first time thr……続きを見る

As the rest of the world worries about what a future might look like under Chinese supremacy, Edward Luttwak worries about China’s own future prospects. Applying the logic of strategy for which he i……続きを見る

* Illustrated * Author Biography * Interactive Table of Contents * Free Audiobook Download The Art of War [ Illustrated ] [ Free Audiobooks Download ] The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military t……続きを見る

With China's accession to the World Trade Organization imminent, this book brings together the expert views of scholars, policy-makers and business representatives on the consequences of this histor……続きを見る

'a week in hong kong' is a narrative journey through the former british colony. It is a guide but not one in the usual sense - rather, it is a lucid account of a visit that entertains as much as it ……続きを見る

From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brother……続きを見る

In Modern China: All That Matters, Jonathan Clements presents China as the Chinese themselves see it. He explains the key issues of national reconstruction; the Cold War, the Cultural Revolution, an……続きを見る

The need to understand this global giant has never been more pressing: China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impov……続きを見る

“The most revealing book ever published on Mao, perhaps on any dictator in history.”ーProfessor Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death twenty-two years later, Dr. L……続きを見る

"The Scourge of God" tells the tale of the terrible Tartar invasion of Hungary during the reign of Bela IV. (1235-1270), when the Mongol hordes devastated Magyarland from end to end. Ba……続きを見る

When Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to “open up” China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help impro……続きを見る

“Spence draws upon his extensive knowledge of Chinese politics and culture to create an illuminating picture of Mao. . . . Superb.” (Chicago Tribune) From humble origins in the provinces, Mao Zedong……続きを見る

Read here one of the four great classics of Chinese Literature, Hung Lou Meng: Dream of the Red Chamber, BOOK II The novel follows the loves and troubles of Chia Pao-Yu, heir to the Chia clan as the……続きを見る

In August 1904 Sir Francis Younghusband's invasion force reached the forbidden city of Lhasa. The British invasion of Tibet in 1903 acted as a catalyst for change in a world transformed by revolutio……続きを見る

From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, a cache of letters from one of China’s prominent families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds light on a tumultuous era. Sherman Cochran and Andrew H……続きを見る

Sun Tzu and other classical Chinese strategic thinkers wrote in an era of social, economic and military revolution, and hoped to identify enduring principles of war and statecraft. The twenty-first ……続きを見る

Some of the most creative of human expression has originated in the collision of cultures. So it is with this extraordinary archive. The Corporal and the Celestials publishes for the first time a tr……続きを見る

Emily Wu’s account of her childhood under Mao opens on her third birthday, as she meets her father for the first time in a concentration camp. A well-known academic, her father had been designated a……続きを見る

the urban West, it is easy to forget that most of the world's population still lives in villages, and despite increasing globalization it remains true that many countries can best be understood on t……続きを見る

While China rises to challenge the United States for world supremacy, Americans suffer from a seriously flawed perspective on past U.S.- China relations. America's view of the critical period when M……続きを見る

The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and it was believed to have been compiled during the early War……続きを見る

L'arte della guerra (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ, 孫子兵法) è un trattato di strategia militare attribuito, a seguito di una tradizione orale lunga almeno due secoli, al generale Sunzi (in cinese: 孫子; pinyin: Sū……続きを見る

A fascinating insight into the life of the vast majority of Chinese people at the end of 19th century. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now ext……続きを見る

'Het typische portret van China geeft blijk van een rijk verleden, één dat overloopt van rust, mystiek en romantiek. Maar uit het beeld dat ik van China heb, is alle kleur verdwenen. Mijn portret is……続きを見る

Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-pr……続きを見る

Bulls in the China Shop is an engagingly anecdotal, lucidly written account of the tragicomic cultural and political misadventures that have plagues American commercial ventures over the past two de……続きを見る

The Tao Te Ching or ‘Canon of the Way of Virtue' is a classical Chinese text generally dated to the 6th century BCE. It has traditionally been attributed to Laozi (or Lao Tzu), the ‘Old Master', sai……続きを見る

This study is a radical and controversial analysis of the life and works of Rewi Alley utilizing both Chinese materials and previously unpublished materials from western sources. Rather than a biogr……続きを見る

Where is China heading in the 21st century? Can its Communist Party survive or is it being challenged by growing inequality and unrest? Will the US and China cooperate or compete in a dangerous futu……続きを見る