This book published in 2015 is a detailed study of the Zhou dynasty. The Zhou, after overthrowing the Shang dynasty, needed to justify their actions.…
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The Confucian-Legalist State by Dingxin Zhao – Part 1
This book published in 2015 is a detailed study of the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties. Zhao posits that the main characteristics of the Chinese…
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Canton Elegy – Part 2
In this note, I make 2 propositions. The first is that if not for the Japanese invasion of China, China would have remained a democracy.…
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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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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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In the Shadow of the Rising Sun
This 2004 book is a collection of 14 essays on how the inhabitants of Shanghai lived and survived in Shanghai under Japanese occupation. An interesting…
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Excellent books
5 excellent books which I bought at Kinokuniya KLCC last Sunday. Two are on Japanese wood block prints. They give a good picture of this…
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Tariq Ali’s Book Recommendations
Tariq Ali is a polymath. Age 80 he was born in Lahore, British India. He studied in Oxford. He has written many history and political…
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Revisiting the Boxer Uprising
10 Oct commemorates the start of the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911 which ultimately led to the collapse of the imperial Qing dynasty and…
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The Lost Imperial Garden
The Yuan Ming Yuan (Garden of Perfect Brightness) started construction on 1707, in the 46th year of the Kangxi reign. It was built for his…
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