This book is a fascinating book that focuses on the spies and their activities operated by the KMT, CCP, the Japanese, the Germans, and the…
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Tag: History of China
A short history – Decisive Battles in Chinese History
This book is the only book in the English language that discusses the decisive battles fought on Chinese soil from the Warring States Period to…
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Shanghai – A decadent city
A trip to Shanghai would not be complete without reading these 6 books. A stay would also not be complete without staying at the historical…
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Zhou En Lai
Zhou En Lai ‘s life is the history of modern China to 1970s. He was the eminence grise. Some condemned him for failing to stop…
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The political writing – Lu Xun’s Revolution: Writing in a Time of Violence
Lu Xun is recognised as the preeminent man of letters of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun is not his real name. He first used this…
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A wonderful read – From the Land of Lost Content: The Dalai Lama’s Fight for Tibet
The title of this book should be The Dalai Lama ‘s Flight from Tibet. It tells the events that happened in Tibet from 13 Feb…
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A fascinating tale – Tibet: The Jesuit Century
This book, published in 1997, in 5 chapters describes the 5 journeys made by Jesuit explorers between 1624 and 1721 to Tibet, then terra incognito.…
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A must read – Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
Chinese paintings are unique as the artist has to combine his skill in painting with a flair for calligraphy, a knowledge of Chinese writing characters…
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Beautiful coffee table book – Wilson’s China: A Century On
This fascinating book follows two botanists as they retraced the journeys of a famous plant hunter Ernest ‘ Chinese’ Wilson who spent 10 years in…
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Excellent and concise – Zhou Enlai
Readers looking for a concise and yet containing all the essential details of Zhou En Lai will delight in reading this recently published biography. Dillon…
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