The Halberd at Red Cliff
The Halberd at Red Cliff by Tian Xiao Fei (2018) is an excellent addition to my library of literature on The Three Kingdoms. Tian is…
Zhou Enlai
There are 5 substantial biographies on Zhou Enlai in the English language. A Political Life was published in 2006 by the Chinese University of Hong…
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From Heaven Lake to Tang Poets
Vikram Seth is an Indian writer born in Calcutta. He studied at Nanjing University from 1980 to 1982. His book From Heaven Lake is a…
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The Reid Commission’s Legacy – Part 1
All three books here were bought in Gerakbudaya Jalan Bukit PJ on 9 May 2024. This is a good bookstore concentrating on Malayan and Malaysian…
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Journeys to the East: Robert Bickers’ Insight into British China
These 2 books by Robert Bickers explore the presence of the British in China. Britain in China narrates the British presence from 1900 to 1949.…
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Exploring the Majesty of the Yangtze
The Yangtze is the third longest river in the world after the Nile and the Amazon. The Yangtze is called in China merely as Cháng…
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Battle at the Red Cliff – Part 2
Battle at the Red Cliff – A Guide to Three Kingdoms, 2004 Ed, by Li Lien Fung, a Singaporean born in Shanghai. The Romance of…
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Battle at the Red Cliff – Part 1
Battle at the Red Cliff – A Guide to Three Kingdoms, 2004 Ed, by Li Lien Fung, a Singaporean born in Shanghai, is a selection…
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Tracing Buddhism’s Journey into China
How Buddhism, a foreign religion, became Chinese? This is such a vast daunting topic that no recent historians have attempted to write a chronological history…
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The Transformative Journey of Chinese Buddhism
When Buddhism spread to China from India it evolved to respond to the challenges posed by an older philosophy/ religion then existing in China known…
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The Three Gorges – Part 1
Sandouping is a town in Yiling District of Yichang city in the Chinese province of Hubei. It is located on the southern bank of the…
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