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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 8)

Julia_M August 12, 2025 No Comments Cultural & Ethnic StudiesGothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)Historical Fiction (Books)

Written on 4 Jan 2011 and reproduced below. Lwh, Tuesday, 12 August 2025 Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 06:12:13 Subject: Re: San Guo (part 8)…

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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 7)

Julia_M August 11, 2025 No Comments Cultural & Ethnic StudiesGothic & Romantic Literary Criticism (Books)Historical Fiction (Books)

Written on 31 Dec 2010, reproduced below. LWH, Sunday 10 pm, 10 August 2025 Re: San Guo (part 7) Sent: Dec 31, 2010 11:33 AM…

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Imperial China – Part 1

Julia_M August 11, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Books)

The stability of the Chinese civilisation pre-1900 compared to the instability of European civilisation in the same period is striking. In Europe, there were constant…

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A Classic That Goes Beyond Swords and Strategy

Julia_M August 11, 2025 No Comments Classic Literature & FictionHistorical Fiction (Books)

The Three Kingdoms—why is this historical novel a must-read? The short but succinct introduction in the Graham Brash, Singapore edition (1985) of the 1925 Shanghai…

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A Retrospective Study: The Three Kingdoms (Part 6)

Julia_M August 10, 2025 No Comments Classic Literature & FictionHistorical Fiction (Books)

Written on 30 Dec 2010, reproduced below. LWH, Sunday 6 am, 10 August 2025 Subject: Re: San Guo (Part 6) Sent: Dec 30, 2010 7:51…

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The Chinese Experience

Julia_M August 10, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Books)History of Civilization & Culture

The Chinese Experience by Raymond Dawson is an old book. Written and published in 1978 by an Oxford lecturer in Chinese history, it is an…

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No Dogs And Not Many Chinese

Julia_M August 9, 2025 No Comments

“No dogs and Chinese—” Does such a sign exist outside park and residential areas reserved for Westerners in the treaty port of Shanghai? In 1793,…

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Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China – Part 1

Julia_M August 8, 2025 No Comments Buddhist History (Books)India HistoryTibetan Buddhism (Books)

This book by Gray Tuttle (hardcover 2005), a professor of Tibetan studies at Columbia University, argues that the West has wrongly portrayed the relations between…

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Under the Malaccan Sun

Julia_M August 6, 2025 No Comments

A mother’s love knows no bounds. Under the Malaccan Sun: A Malaysian Childhood by CP Bok (published 2025) will appeal to readers who grew up…

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The Three Kingdoms and Chiang Kai-shek

Julia_M August 4, 2025 No Comments Chinese History (Audible Books & Originals)Chinese History (Books)Historical China Biographies

It is a well-known fact that Chiang Kai-shek is steeped in the Chinese classics. One wonders, therefore, whether this famous quote from the Three Kingdoms…

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