An excellent book slightly marred by an absence of endnotes. It’s a great pity as this really is a wonderfully narrated tale of a friendship…
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Tag: Asian Politics
Mao: The Man Who Made China
This is arguably the best one-volume biography on Mao. Revised in 2017, Philip Short has written a very readable book backed up by tremendous research.…
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Mao Tse Tung (Part 1)
All biographies of Mao focus on his failures and foibles. They magnify his disastrous Hundred Flowers Campaign of Feb 1957, and the Anti-Rightist Movement that…
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CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping
It is ironic that the Cultural revolution of 1966, which caused untold misery to millions, had some beneficial consequences. It enabled Deng Xiao Ping and …
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The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers
Rereading this book for the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party on 1 July 2021, I can’t help but notice that this book while excellent…
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China 1949: Year of Revolution
It is ironic that history will look back to 2020 as the beginning of the Cold War between China and the US and the UK.…
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China and The West
Any book on China – US relations and the way forward for China which are written prior to 2020 is outdated. This is due to…
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Illustrated history – The History of Central Asia
If you like the history of the Silk Road or Central Asia with all its ancient sites, these 4 illustrated histories are for you. Each…
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Jinnah and Pakistan
Pakistan was an ” insufficiently imagined” nation-state. A phrase coined by Salman Rushdie. {p 3 Dhulipala} Jinnah played a towering role in the creation of…
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Excellent books — The famous Soong Sisters
One loved money, one loved her country and one loved power. These are the three famous Soong Sisters. There are 2 excellent books on them.…
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