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Most studies of Buddhist communities tend to be limited to villages, individual temple communities, or a single national community. Buddhist monastics, however, cross a number of these different fra……続きを見る

Translingual Narration is a study of colonial Taiwanese fiction, its translation from Japanese to Chinese, and films produced during and about the colonial era. It is a postcolonial intervention int……続きを見る

Transnational cinemas are eclipsing national cinemas in the contemporary world, and Sino-French films exemplify this phenomenon through the cinematic coupling of the Sinophone and the Francophone, l……続きを見る

During the Tang dynasty, the imperial capital of Chang’an (present-day Xi’an) was unrivaled in its monumental scale, with about one million inhabitants dwelling within its walls. It was there that o……続きを見る

In recent times, the Asia-Pacific region has far surpassed Europe in terms of reciprocal trade with the United States, and since the 1980s immigrants from Asia entering the United States have exceed……続きを見る

In eleventh-century China, both the living and the dead were treated to theatrical spectacles. Chambers designed for the deceased were ornamented with actors and theaters sculpted in stone, molded i……続きを見る

China's post-80s generation, sometimes referred to as Generation Y, is the first whose members have grown up entirely within the reformist era. They are keen to distinguish themselves from their pre……続きを見る

"The king and ministers, superior and inferior, move with ritual and refinement. When the king goes on an inspection tour, everyone has the correct ceremonial attributes and the divine flag [troops]……続きを見る

China has an age-old zoomorphic tradition. The First Emperor was famously said to have had the heart of a tiger and a wolf. The names of foreign tribes were traditionally written with characters tha……続きを見る

The only full-scale history of Syngman Rhee’s (1875–1965) early career in English was published nearly six decades ago. Now, in The Making of the First Korean President, Young Ick Lew uncovers littl……続きを見る

How does an extended family, bound by shared history, affection, and duty but divided by generation, gender, status, and personality, memorialize its dead? This fascinating study shows how members o……続きを見る

During his lifetime Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was among the most widely read German-language writers in the world. Always controversial, he fell into critical disfavor as writers an……続きを見る

James St. André applies the perspective of cross-identity performance to the translation of a wide variety of Chinese texts into English and French from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Dr……続きを見る

Negotiating Rural Land Ownership in Southwest China offers the first comprehensive analysis of how China’s current system of land ownership has evolved over the past six decades. Based on extended f……続きを見る

Behaving Badly in Early and Medieval China presents a rogues’ gallery of treacherous regicides, impious monks, cutthroat underlings, ill-bred offspring, and disloyal officials. It plumbs the dark ma……続きを見る

A new illustrated edition of Sun Tzu's classic ancient Chinese meditation on military strategy and human psychology, with a new commentary that highlight its continued relevance for modern readers. ……続きを見る

Amid early twentieth-century China’s epochal shifts, a vital and prolific commercial publishing industry emerged. Recruiting late Qing literati, foreign-trained academics, and recent graduates of th……続きを見る

When the Empire of Japan defeated the Chinese Qing Dynasty in 1895 and won its first colony, Taiwan, it worked to establish it as a model colony. The Japanese brought Taiwan not only education and e……続きを見る

阿姆莱托•范士白（1884年阿奎拉 - 1941年上海），他大部分时间在西伯利亚，满洲和中国之间度过,先是日本间谍和军火商，然后服务于中国人，1941年在菲律宾神秘死亡。 阿姆莱托•范士白（1884年阿奎拉 - 1941年上海）……続きを見る

'The next Bill Bryson' New York Times Two tigers cannot share the same mountain - Chinese proverb Despite geographical proximity, cultural similarities, and shared status as highly powerful nations,……続きを見る

知名文史作家【刀爾登讀史】系列第二部 說的是古人舊事，揭的是中國人骨子裡至今仍掙不脫的秉性脾氣。 刀爾登是誰？誰是刀爾登？ 他是網路上最膾炙人口的文史雜談家，但萬不可稱他為「網紅」 以透徹犀利的文筆聞名……続きを見る

知名文史作家【刀爾登讀史】系列第一部 重解歷史上著名的「好人」與「壞蛋」 刀爾登是誰？誰是刀爾登？ 他是網路上最膾炙人口的文史雜談家，但萬不可稱他為「網紅」 以透徹犀利的文筆聞名，卻少露臉於時聞當下； ……続きを見る

China has such a colorful history, literally and figuratively. Not only is it known for its art, it is also a hub of age-old cultures and traditions. In this book, you will learn the beginnings of i……続きを見る

This time, you’ll be reading about the lives and times of China’s early leaders namely Mao Zedong, Empress Wu, Kublai Khan and Emperor Puyi. It’s important to know these leaders because they were ve……続きを見る

What were the ancient civilizations in Asia? Well, you have India, China and Mesopotamia. We’re also adding Egypt because it sits between Asia and Europe. These civilizations have similarities and d……続きを見る

For nearly one hundred years, Shanghai was an international treaty port in which the extraterritorial rights of foreign governments shaped both architecture and infrastructure, and it merits examina……続きを見る

CHINA RISING, the latest book by the author of 44 Days Backpacking in China: The Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century, with the United States, Europe and the Fate of the World in Its Looking Glass, on……続きを見る

The Modern Chinese Folklore Movement coalesced at National Peking University between 1918 and 1926. A group of academics, inspired by Western thought, turned to the study of folklore – popular songs……続きを見る

Silk Road: The Study of Drama Culture is the translated edition of the Chinese academic book of the same title written by Professor LI Qiang from Shaanxi Normal University, China. The book breaks th……続きを見る

Javier Borràs Arumí es un joven periodista que se trasladó a Pekín para trabajar en una agencia de noticias española. Allí descubrió de primera mano cómo es China: seductora y esquizofrénica, divert……続きを見る