As Equals: The Oei Women of Java is a pace- driven narrative of three independent Chinese women living in a male-dominated society of the fin-de-siècle…
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Tag: Asian & Asian Americans Biographies
Remembering China
Remembering China 1935-1945 is a memoir by an American teacher who went to Tientsin to teach in the year 1935. She was young having just…
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Kang-shi Emperor’s Southern Tours: A Historical Perspective
The Kang-shi Emperor made six famous Southern Tours from 1684 to 1707. The days spent on each of the 6 tours were 60, 70, 102,…
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A Glimpse into Luxury: Tsao Chan’s Recollection
When Tsao Chan left Nanking and moved to Peking after his adopted father Tsao Fu was removed as the Textile Commissioner for Nanking by the…
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Ts’ao Yin and the Kang-Hsi Emperor: Bondservant and Master
The Kang Hsi Emperor is famous for his six Southern Tours, in 1684, 1689, 1699, 1703, 1705 and 1707. On the last four of these…
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Ts’ao Yin and the Kang-Hsi Emperor
This is a wonderfully written book on the relationship between Kang-Hsi and his bondservant Tsao Yin. The text is interspersed with Memorials between the two,…
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The Han Emperors’ Dilemma: War, Taxes, and a Brave Plea
The Han Emperors struggled between a policy of waging war against the Hsiung Nu or passive defense with diplomacy. [ p 27 The Pattern of…
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Cameron Highlands 2023 – Hidden Gems
The only place to buy The Star and NST is Ramasamy provision shop at Brinchang. It is run by an Indian lady who also owns…
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Kino’s haul
I had a great harvest last Saturday. Not the harvest of souls as in Matthew 13:8. But of 4 excellent books at Kinokuniya. The House…
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Xi Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership
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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