This 2022 biography of Xi Jin Ping is the latest English biography of him. It serves as a huge lacuna in the market. Especially, when…
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1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
1587 A Year of No Significance the Ming Dynasty in Decline, is an interesting micro view of Emperor Wan Li and 6 high officers of…
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The Indus & Ganges: The two mighty rivers
There are 2 major rivers in the Indian subcontinent. The Ganges, or Ganga the term used by native Indians, flows from upper India at the…
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Koh-i-Noor
There are three famous crowns of England. The official Crown of England is the St. Edward’s Crown. This is the Crown with which King Charles…
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The Age of Openness
The Age of Openness – China before Mao explores the Republican era from 1911 to 1949. Frank Dikotter in his long essay of 102 pages…
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
The end of the Elizabethan era on Sep 8, 2022, at Balmoral Castle, Scotland is a momentous event for us all. We have only known…
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The Maisky Diaries
Diaries provide a unique window into the minds and thoughts of their writers. Provided they are not written with a view to later publication. The…
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The Dream of the Red Chamber (Part 4)
Volume IV is translated by John Minford. Not David Hawkes who translated Volume I to III. This Volume clearly identified Gao E as the editor…
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None But the Bold
This first volume of the biography of Lim Kit Siang (2021 ed) sheds much light on a politician who devoted his life to the country.…
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The Dream of the Red Chamber (Part 3)
A title (out of five) that Cao Xueqin considered using for his magnum opus is The Twelve Beauties of Jinling. The 5-volume set by Penguin…
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