China

A Narrative Account Of The Relationship Between The U.s. And China From The Revolutionary War To The Present Day. Our Relationship With China Remains One Of...

From the beloved, internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans, and co-author of the bestselling Mao: The Unknown Story, the dramatic, epic biography of...

In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times B...

China in DisintegrationCategories: History AsiaChina

For more than half a century, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimusho) possessed an independent police force that operated within the space of Ja...

This Work Analyzes Events Surrounding The Yokohama Incident (1942-1945), Which Led To The Arrest Of Dozens Of Journalists And Researchers In Japan During Th...

this Is A Fascinating Analysis Of The Meaning Of Rice As A Symbol Of Personal And Particularly Of Social Identity In Japanese Culture.--robert N. Bellah o...

Once A Sleeping Giant, China Today Is The World's Fastest Growing Economy -- The Leading Manufacturer Of Cell Phones, Laptop Computers, And Digital Cameras ...

Finalist for the 2015 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismLonglisted for the Lionel Gelber Award for the Best Non-Fiction book in the wo...

Preface -- Part 1-traditional Japan-1.1-land And People-1.2-the Adoptions Of The Chinese Pattern-1.3-the Development Of A Native Culture-1.4-the Birth Of A ...

William H. Overholt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Library Journal Best BooksCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Gove...

In November 1937, Ishii Itaro, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Asiatic Affairs, reflected bitterly on the decline of the ministry's influ...

1930s Shanghai Could Give Chicago A Run For Its Money. In The Years Before The Japanese Invaded, The City Was A Haven For Outlaws From All Over The World: A...

the Definitive Book On China's Uneasy Transformation Into An Economic And Political Superpower By Two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Reporters. An ...

Traces The Founding Of Alibaba, The World's Second Largest Internet Company, By An English Teacher From Humble Origins, Drawing On Exclusive Interviews To E...

The definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese c...

Japan's Informal Empire In China, 1895-1937 : An Overview / Peter Duus -- The Changing Pattern Of Sino-japanese Trade, 1884-1937 / Mizoguchi Toshiyuki -- Ja...

This is the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to Tibetan Buddhism available to date, covering a wide range of topics, including history, doc...

An American Journalist Living In Beijing Offers An Odyssey Through Twenty-first-century China As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Handful Of Ordinary People. I: A...

To much of the world, North Korea is an impenetrable mystery, its inner workings unknown and its actions toward the outside unpredictable and frequently pr...

Jung Chang, Jon Halliday. Originally Published In Great Britain By Jonathan Cape, London--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [739]-790) And...

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle ...

Relates The Life Of The Mongol Leader And Emperor Of China Who Ruled At The Time Of Marco Polo, And Describes How The Grandson Of Genghis Khan Helped Change...

At the heart of the empire Japan won and then lost in the Pacific War was Manchukuo, a puppet state created in Northeast China in 1932. Not unlike India for...

In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies. Due to China’s rising economic and milita...

When Gao Wenqian first published this groundbreaking, provocative biography in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the People's Republic. Using classifi...

Frank Ching. Parallel Title In Chinese Characters. Map On Lining Papers. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 471-511.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences...

Tan to pages with minor crease to jacket.Categories: History AsiaChina

Jan Wong, A Canadian Of Chinese Descent, Went To China As A Starry-eyed Maoist In 1972 At The Height Of The Cultural Revolution. A True Believer - And One O...

Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong in the 1950s.As an inquisitive seven-...

Although numerous books on the Cultural Revolution have been published, they do not analyze the profound shift in aesthetic values that occurred in China...

Complexities of meaning and historical interpretations illustrate the timelessness of Sun Tzu's treatise on war.Categories: Education & Teaching Schools...

This Volume Is A Collection Of Primary Source Documents And Is A Companion To The Text: The Search For Modern China, 2nd Edition. The Documents Range From T...

One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise – and how Americans have been seduced into hel...

Jan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry-eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true believer—and one o...

Collection Of Essays By ... Experts On What The New Global Elite Needs To Know About Modern India-- Reimagining -- Politics & Policy -- Business & T...

now Available In Two Volumes, This Accessible, Yet Rigorous, Introduction To The Political, Social, And Cultural History Of China Provides A Balanced And T...

In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories ...

Prologue: The Boxer Catastrophe -- An Old World Dies; A New One Is Born -- The Slide Into Chaos -- Forming A New Culture: The May Fourth Movement -- Which W...