Kevin Rudd in chapter 3 made a useful historical survey of the worldviews of China from pre-Communist i.e. the early dynasty of Western Zhou [2070…
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On Xi Jin Ping – Part 2
Kevin Rudd’s latest book, published in 2024, is based on his doctoral dissertation at Oxford University completed between 2017 and 2022. Rudd is a former…
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Xi Jin Ping – Part 1
There are 3 recent books on Xi Jin Ping. The books are On Xi Jin Ping by Kevin Rudd, the former Australian Prime Minister, published…
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Rediscovering China Through French Lenses
The strength of The Republic of China 1912-1949 by Xavier Paules [ published 2019 ] is his many citations of French historians’ works. This is…
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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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Canton Elegy – Part 1
Canton Elegy is a loving memoir, in the form of a letter to his 4 children, written by a Chinese dad late in life so…
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Tibetan Buddhism Explored: Insights from Five Books
How was Buddhism spread to Tibet? How did Tibetan Buddhism evolve and assimilate with Tibetan’s native and animistic beliefs? Is Tibetan Buddhism now the purest…
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Sunday Book Haul
Last Sunday I bought 3 excellent books at Kinokuniya KLCC. The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials by Telford Taylor is a memoir by one of…
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Zhou En Lai A Life – Part 4
The early life of Zhou En Lai shows the importance the Chinese places on education even in the warlord’s era of 1900s. It also shows…
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Zhou En Lai A Life – Part 2
Using Zhou En Lai’s life from 1898 to 1976 as a trajectory I will expound on seminal events in China’s history. The May Fourth Movement…
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