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Das asiatische Jahrhundert
Campus Verlag 2005; US$ 10.85Hauptbeschreibung Schon jetzt boomt der Handel zwischen China und Japan in nie gekanntem Ausmaß.Werden wir das Entstehen einer asiatischen Großmacht erleben oder drohen schwelende Konflikte aufzubrechen, die weltweite Konsequenzen haben können? Karl H. Pilny macht die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Entwicklungen in Ostasien verständlich. Ein Buch,... more...
Collective Killings in Rural China during the Cultural Revolution
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 23.00This book is the first to systematically document and analyze the atrocities surrounding the Cultural Revolution in China. more...
Whither Taiwan and Mainland China
Hong Kong University Press 2010; US$ 40.00This is one of the few books that argues for a feasible compromise solution to the political conflict across the Taiwan Strait that still troubles greater China. The author elaborates on the factors both enabling and constraining the formation of a hybrid federation and confederation. In a unique way he deals with the role of the state and intellectuals... more...
Xun Xu and the Politics of Precision in Third-Century AD China
BRILL 2010; US$ 185.00This biography of the court scholar Xun Xu explores central areas of intellectual life in third-century China ? court lyrics, music, metrology, pitch systems, archeology, and historiography. It clarifies the relevant source texts in order to reveal fierce debates. Besides solving technical puzzles about the material details of court rites, the book... more...
China Under the Empress Dowager
Earnshaw Books 2011; US$ 7.99One of the most popular and controversial Chinese history books ever written, this account explores the Forbidden City during the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi (1861?1908). Entertaining and enlightening, this record examines a world of power-thirsty eunuchs, concubines, and Mandarins. Filled with intrigue, bitter antagonism, and ruthless reprisals... more...
China: The Balance Sheet
PublicAffairs 2007; US$ 13.95From the most distinguished China experts in America, and two of Washington's foremost think tanks, comes a definitive and indispensable portrait of China today. more...
CultureShock! China
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2011; US$ 12.75"Culture Shock! China is an essential read for anyone intending to live or work in the world's fastest-rising economic powershouse, the People's Republic of China. This book guides you through settling in and socialising, from choosing your accommodation and employing an ayi, to finding good restaurants and enjoying China's varied... more...
Dreaming in Chinese
Short Books 2010; US$ 18.94Why can?t the Chinese say ?I love you?? Can you wear pyjamas on the streets of Shanghai? Why is it so difficult to hear Chinese tones? In this charming, original book, Harvard linguist Deborah Fallows draws on her three years of living and working in China to provide the answers to these puzzles and many more. Using her own struggles and triumphs... more...
China: A History, 1
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2010; US$ 17.95Now available in two volumes, this accessible, yet rigorous, introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of China provides a balanced and thoughtful account of the development of Chinese civilization from its beginnings to the present day. Each volume includes ample illustrations, a full complement of maps, a chronological table, extensive... more...
Radicalism, Revolution, and Reform in Modern China
Lexington Books 2011; US$ 69.99Representing a spectrum of current scholarship, this volume illuminates the relationship of China's radical past to its reformist present as China makes a way forward through contested visions of the future. It contributes new insights into Mao Zedong, including his surprising relations with the Dalai Lama, and into Communist legacies for the environment,... more...









