The Tiananmen Papers are fake documents. So asserts Alfred L Chan, [author of Xi Jin Ping, HC 2022 ed] [see p 277 Deng Xiao Ping…
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Tag: Historical China Biographies
The Tiananmen Papers – Part 2
Are the Tiananmen Papers fake? Ezra F. Vogel, in his monumental Deng Xiao Ping and the Transformation of China [2011], has the best discussion. He…
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On Xi Jin Ping – Part 6
One of the gems in this book is Rudd’s careful analysis of why Xi Jin Ping has deliberately departed from Deng Xiao Ping’s famous 24-character…
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On Xi Jin Ping – Part 5
Xi Jin Ping became the paramount leader of China in 2012. What is remarkable is that when he took office, he already had a vision…
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The Red Emperor
This 2024 book by Michael Sheridan on Xi Jin Ping gives readers a brisk romp through the life of Xi. But it is very selective…
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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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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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Wartime China Through Western Eyes
Here are 3 excellent books on life in wartime China from Western perspectives. Based on diaries and letters, the literature here transports us vividly to…
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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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The Box with the Sunflower Clasp
Reading this sad memoir of a Jewish family in Vienna and a Jew in Berlin trying to stay alive and flee their homelands reminds me…
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