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中國和日本在文化和政治上的密切連結可追溯至一千五百年前，但如今兩國關係緊張而危險。日本對中國不斷増強的軍事實力深感焦慮，而二戰時日軍暴行給中國留下的創傷至今未癒。近年來對對方國家抱有好感的中日國民比……続きを見る

Les documents que j’ai, comme homme, le plaisir et, comme Occidental, la honte de publier m’ont été remis, parmi d’autres, par des amis chinois rencontrés au cours d’un voyage qui m’a permis d’obser……続きを見る

A Financial Times “Summer Books” Selection “Will become required reading.” ーTimes Literary Supplement “Elegantly written…with a confidence that comes from decades of deep research on the topic, ill……続きを見る

"Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, Volume 2 (of 3) Church and Culture" by W. F. Skene continues the comprehensive exploration of Scotland's Celtic civilization, focusing specifically on t……続きを見る

"Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban, Volume 1 (of 3) History and Ethnology" by W. F. Skene is a comprehensive exploration of the ancient Celtic civilization in Scotland. Spanning the early ……続きを見る

Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist An Economist Best Book of the Year | A Financial Times Book of the Year | A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year | A Was……続きを見る

On dit souvent la grande muraille de la Chine, mais on devrait dire les murailles de Chine pour parler de l’ensemble de ces constructions impressionnantes de murs s’élevant sur des montagnes et desc……続きを見る

No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar is better qualified than Ezra Vogel to disentangle the contradictions embodied in the life an……続きを見る

In the Age of Exploration, the quest for a westward sea route to the East Indies dominated European ambitions. Yet, a whisper of a different path, a secret route across North America, challenges our……続きを見る

Elucidates the political dynamics that link the Umbrella Movement to the anti-extradition protests and helps explain the key character of the latter movement. Presenting an analytical account of the……続きを見る

Taiwan is a place of contradictions. Its successful economic and political modernization has stimulated the imaginations of most observers. Still, its nation-state status has been constricted and we……続きを見る

立場獨立，史料詳實。 迄今為止最權威的關於トウ小平及トウ時代的巨著。 本書是逾八十高齡的作者傾十年之心力而完成的一部權威性的トウ小平傳記。作者不僅閱讀了大量的當代中國檔案，特別是中國過去十五年公開的歷……続きを見る

This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and ……続きを見る

In Augustus F. Lindley's 'Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh,' readers are transported to the tumultuous period of the Taiping Rebellion in 19th-century China. Lindley's masterful narrative style expertly weaves tog……続きを見る

Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still one of the world's most influential treatises on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefie……続きを見る

The Black Flags raided their way from southern China into northern Vietnam, competing during the second half of the nineteenth century against other armed migrants and uplands communities for the co……続きを見る

“Like a cat, I feel that I have lived through many livesーnone of them sheltered. I’ve never had it easy, but then, I am not one to take the easy way out and I do not give up too easily. Actually, I……続きを見る

Despite competing with much larger imperialist neighbors in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Thailandーor Siam, as it was formerly knownーhas succeeded in transforming itself into a rival modern natio……続きを見る

Fueled by its surging economic strength, China has been increasingly utilizing economic tools such as trade, foreign aid, foreign direct investment, and sanctions to pursue strategic and security in……続きを見る

The Western Roman Empire collapsed more than 1500 years ago, while the Eastern Roman Empire survived for almost a thousand more years. When the west collapsed, no one questioned why. It was simply t……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

The emergence of the city marks the beginning of a civilisation. The city, especially the leading cities of a country, is also where the major features of a country are contained and where historica……続きを見る

Shortly before midnight on March 17, 1959, the Dalai Lama, without his glasses and dressed as an ordinary Tibetan solider, slipped out of his summer residence with only four aides at his side. At th……続きを見る

The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing Dynasty. It was led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, who, having ……続きを見る

'Harmonious World' and China's New Foreign Policy consists of essays by China specialists on the Chinese government's characterization of foreign policy as a 'harmonious world.' The essays deal with……続きを見る

Sacred Places in China by Carl F. Kupfer This is a travelogue by a 19th century Christian missionary who visited several sacred locations in China, including places holy to all three of China's prin……続きを見る

In the tumultuous negotiations of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, the United Kingdom willingly signed over Hong Kong's reigns to the People's Republic of China, but with the presuppositi……続きを見る

Coincided with China’s economic reform and her rapid ascendance to a great power status, the relations between Taiwan and Chinese mainland since 1979 have also seen some encouraging development. How……続きを見る

First published in 1931. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represent the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear that certain texts are closer to the lost original ……続きを見る

Against the dire consequences of China’s market development, a new intellectual force of the New Left has come on the scene since the mid 1990s. New Left intellectuals debate the issues of social ju……続きを見る