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In the early sixteenth century, a Persian-speaking Muslim merchant named ʿAli Akbar Khatayi traveled to China and stayed for six years. There he acquired inside knowledge of the Ming imperial court ……続きを見る

Diaspora transformed the urban terrain of colonial societies, creating polyglot worlds out of neighborhoods, workplaces, recreational clubs, and public spheres. It was within these spaces that commu……続きを見る

教訓要記取 仇恨要遺忘 我的（寫作）目的是要了解整個事件，並希望世人從中學習教訓，記取沉痛的殷鑑。但是，不同的殘暴程度，通常就會引起不同的反應；因此我一定要提出一些數字，讓讀者對1937年發生在南京的大屠……続きを見る

Watchman Nee (1903-1972) was a Chinese minister who promoted a unique set of Christian teachings. They included the idea that people were created with a human spirit, distinct from the human soul, a……続きを見る

Memories of Tiananmen: Politics and Processes of Collective Remembering in Hong Kong, 1989-2019 analyzes how collective memory regarding the 1989 Beijing student movement and the Tiananmen crackdown……続きを見る

La esperada secuela del fenómeno Cisnes salvajes, con 15.000.000 de lectores en 40 idiomas: un retrato de China que sigue las emocionantes vidas de tres generaciones de mujeres Uno de los mejores li……続きを見る

They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center ……続きを見る

In Wilde zwanen, de autobiografische klassieker vanbestsellerauteur Jung Chang, vertelt zij op fenomenale wijze over het bewogen leven van drie generaties vrouwen in het China van de twintigste eeuw……続きを見る

OVER 13M COPIES SOLD – THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON – NUMBER 8 ON SUNDAY TIMES BEST OF THE BESTSELLER LIST Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which h……続きを見る

Vlieg, wilde zwanen is niet alleen een politiek boek, maar ook en vooral een persoonlijk verhaal. Het is een ode aan een moeder die haar dochter leerde vliegen, en die haar ondanks alles - stimuleer……続きを見る

In this sweeping portrait of the political culture of the early People's Republic of China (PRC), Chang-tai Hung mines newly available sources to vividly reconstruct how the Chinese Communist Party ……続きを見る

The Yunnanese from southwestern China have for millennia traded throughout upland Southeast Asia. Burma in particular has served as a "back door" to Yunnan, providing a sanctuary for political refug……続きを見る

The magnificent follow-up to Wild Swans, the multimillion copy, internationally bestselling sensation that traces the history of modern China through the true stories of three generations of courage……続きを見る

A New York Times Notable Book Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. At the a……続きを見る

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO WILD SWANS, THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION A Book of the Year in The Times; Daily Telegraph; Financial Time……続きを見る

Che cos’è Dongguan? Una città, verrebbe da rispondere, se il termine non si applicasse solo per difetto a un enorme agglomerato di fabbriche, collegate da una rete di tangenziali che non contemplano……続きを見る

This book tells the fascinating story of the development of medical and sanitation services in Hong Kong during the first century of British rule and how changing political values and directions of ……続きを見る

Please find errata for this title [here][]. This book focuses on a seldom discussed topic despite its immeasurable impact on the health of the citizens and public health in Hong Kongーthe developmen……続きを見る

Existem múltiplas linhas de conflito na sociedade chinesa derivadas da hierarquia étnica e da opressão de gênero, ao mesmo tempo a transição da China ao capitalismo nos últimos quarenta anos também ……続きを見る

Using time as a guiding thread, this book traces the life journey of Duan Qirui. From attending old-style private schools, his upbringing in a military camp, walking alone the one-thousand li journe……続きを見る

In Moving Mountains, Brian Chang relates his incredible journey out of an impoverished childhood during China's Cultural Revolution and his years of hardship on a collective farm to the success and ……続きを見る

"A much needed wake-up call that China assumes that it is open season on Americans." ーVictor Davis Hanson "There is a Red Storm rising in the Eastーand America is already under assault from the Chi……続きを見る

Dos costumes ancestrais às violentas reviravoltas do comunismo, a China passou, em algumas décadas, por uma das mais radicais e amplas transformações já vistas na história da humanidade. Mergulhando……続きを見る

"Uma amava dinheiro, uma amava o poder e uma amava a China." Nesta biografia épica, a autora de Cisnes selvagens narra a vida das irmãs que mudaram a história de um país em ebulição. O mais conhecid……続きを見る

As part of “China's south,” Southeast Asia has historically assumed a peripheral position when juxtaposed against the power of the Chinese state. In the existing scholarly literature, the power asym……続きを見る

Reveals the historical impact of dream rhetoric on Chinese modernity and nation-building Realism and the rhetoric of dreams intersected in modern Chinese literature from the May Fourth Era in the ea……続きを見る

This book describes the interactions between various civilizations and societies along the Silk Road between 500 BCE and 1500 CE, the period from the first encounters of ancient Greek and Persian ci……続きを見る

The Chinese government has attempted to bolster its legitimacy as a political response to emerging social, cultural, political, economic, environmental challenges and crises experienced during marke……続きを見る

Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment is a collection of articles that shed light on different aspects of university education in China since the late nineteenth century and address how far the id……続きを見る

This book examines the development of women in the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) over the past 68 years, beginning from the early colonial years when calls to include women in law enforcement first e……続きを見る