When Buddhism spread to China from India it evolved to respond to the challenges posed by an older philosophy/ religion then existing in China known…
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Tag: Chinese History (Books)
A Court on Horseback
A Court on Horseback is a scholarly book that examines briefly the 6 southern tours made by Emperor Kang Hsi, and in detail the 6…
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The Golden Urn – Part 1
The Golden Urn refers to an urn made at the instruction of Emperor Chian Lung when he was in his Summer Palace in Chengde. He…
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The Cambridge History of China
The Cambridge History of China is the most comprehensive set of history on China in the English language. It is also the most expensive. Each…
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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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Rare Books on Chinese History in Malaya
The Chinese in Malaya by Victor Purcell was published in 1948. It was presented to me by my firm’s senior partner CYC in 2014. It…
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China Alone – Part 3
An unknown fact is that the Russian government, while the UK and the US watch, did assist China to fight the invasion. Peter Harmsen tells…
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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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China Alone – Part 1
Before the Japanese attacked the US naval base in Pearl Harbour on 7 Dec 1941, which forced the US to action, China fought the Japanese…
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Truman and Global Conflicts
Vice President Truman played an outsize role in world history due to the untimely demise of FDR towards the end of WWII. Unfortunately, he was…
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