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Author: Yuan ChingBinding: HardbackPublished: Foreign Languages Press., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsStory of a young patriotic Chinese Communist fighting in the guerrilla War of Resistance...

A landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, in a stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition From the acclaimed translator of the Tao Te Ching and...

If you're hungry for good food but short on time you'll love Ching's quick and easy Chinese recipes. The bestselling author is the master of fresh flavours and simple ingredients...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedCondition remarks: pages can have notes/underlining.In the turbulent centuries before the common era, one man forged a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodShe was the most powerful woman in China — actress, revolutionary, and feared political architect of the Cultural Revolution — and Comrade Chiang Ch'ing...

Author: Chun Han Wong Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary Review From one of the most admired...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MOORE PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE An eye-opening exploration of the Chinese internet that reveals the intricate dance between freedom and control in contemporary China ....

Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar of contemporary East Asian history and culture is better...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE A Financial Times , New York Times and Times / Sunday...

A new translation and abridgement of one of the four classical Chinese novels, this is the epic story of the fall of the Han dynasty and rise of the Three...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA work of political journalism and cultural analysis, A Chinese View of China presents an incisive look at China through...

Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedFew books have shaken the Western world's understanding of China as profoundly as Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China — an...

Author: Helene ChungBinding: SoftbackPublished: ABC Books, Sydney, 2008Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedChing Chong China Girl is a poignant exploration of identity and cultural heritage. Helene Chung shares...

The legendary ex-US Secretary of State on the world's foremost emerging superpower In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China and the West, and since...

Daring essays on democracy, history and the nation state by one of China's leading twentieth-century intellectuals The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao's writings make him one of the...

Author: Chang Dai-ChienBinding: HardbackPublisher: National Museum of History, Republic of China, n.d. [1973]Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: **...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2025 A Financial Times , New York Times and Times / Sunday Times Book of the...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library stamps visible. A landmark work of...

From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao- The Unknown Story, the extraordinary story of the woman who single-handedly dragged China into the modern age Discover the extraordinary story...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE A Financial Times , New York Times and Times / Sunday...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: chipped and worn with some damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book explores 3000 years of Chinese political-military history, drawing parallels with Machiavelli's theories on power and...

Twenty-four of the country's minority groups call Yunnan home, each retaining their own traditions. Stretching from the Himalayan plateau down to the subtropics, Yunnan encompasses extremes from alpine meadows to...

Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organisations...

'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE A Financial Times , New York Times and Times / Sunday...

'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary Review From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the...

Author: R.R.C. De CrespigyBinding: HardbackPublished: NELSON, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: jacket taped to bindingThis academic work, This Century: China, presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the twilight of the Qing Dynasty to the turbulent rise of the People's Republic, 20th...

Chin Peng joined the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in January, 1940, as a 15 year old schoolboy. His commitment to the communist cause, the pre-war anti-colonial struggle against Britain...

The incredible story of a Wall Street banker who went to China with $400,000,000 and learned the hard way how (not) to do business there . . . In the...

'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi...

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Author: Nina Stanculescu Zamfirescu, Leon LevitchiBinding: HardbackPublished: Abbey Library, London, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOne of the most ambitious and enduring works in classical Chinese literary criticism, The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons — originally composed...

Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, demonstrates his martial arts prowess across the Marvel Universe! There's Hellfire in Hong Kong as Shang-Chi lends his deadly hands to the X-Men's cause in...

Author: Richard Vinograd Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Facing China is an exploration of the portrait arts in China from the dynastic to the modern and contemporary, in painting,...

Awarded the 1985 Goncourt Prize, this is more a political fable than an historical novel, concerning the rise to power of Ch'in Shih Huang Ti, the Great Emperor of China....

The extraordinary true story of journalist Cheng Lei whose life was abruptly transformed when she was detained in China on false charges of espionage. Journalist Cheng Lei spent more than...

A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at...

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FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama 'Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader...

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