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Woodblock: From Print to Art

Julia_M August 19, 2025 No Comments Arts & Photography CriticismAsian History (Books)Buddhism (Books)Chinese History (Books)Individual Artist MonographsPrints ArtWriting Reference

Woodblock printing originated in China in the Tang dynasty and spread to Japan. So why did it become more culturally prominent and enduring in Japan?…

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The Gang of Four – Part 1

Julia_M April 17, 2025 No Comments Asian History (Books)Chinese History (Books)Legal History (Books)

This book The Cultural Revolution on Trial, published in 2016, is the most recent book on the trial of The Gang of Four. The trial…

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Escape to the East

Julia_M April 14, 2025 No Comments Asian History (Books)Japanese History (Books)Jewish BiographiesJewish History (Books)Military History (Books)WWII Biographies

Here are 2 books on Jewish refugees finding sanctuary in Shanghai during WW 2. Shanghai Sanctuary by Gao Bei [ 2013] narrates that when Europe…

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The Tiananmen Protests figures – Part 1

Julia_M April 2, 2025 No Comments Asian History (Books)Asian PoliticsEuropean History (Books)India HistoryInternational Relations (Books)Pakistan History

How many died when the military went in to clear protesters who refused to obey a martial law curfew? A recent book stated 478 dead…

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The Steep Trail of Reform

Julia_M February 5, 2025 No Comments Asian History (Books)Asian PoliticsChinese History (Books)Communism & Socialism (Books)Economic History (Books)World History (Books)

Never Turn Back by Julian Gewirtz, published 2022, is a history of China in the 1980s. Julian using Chinese sources shows a China that was…

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The Confucian-Legalist State by Dingxin Zhao – Part 2

Julia_M December 21, 2024 No Comments Asian History (Books)Chinese History (Books)European History (Books)

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

Julia_M December 20, 2024 No Comments Asian History (Books)Chinese History (Books)European History (Books)

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

Julia_M December 1, 2024 No Comments Asian History (Books)Asian PoliticsChinese History (Books)Hong Kong HistoryWorld History (Books)

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

Julia_M May 13, 2024 No Comments Asian History (Books)

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

Julia_M March 25, 2024 No Comments Asian History (Books)City Planning & Urban DevelopmentEnvironmental Studies

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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