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The City of Heavenly Tranquility: Beijing in the History of China
by Jasper Becker
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When the world descends on Beijing for the 2008 Olympics, it will find the results of a helter skelter rush for modernization and wealth. In the course of a thousand years, temples and shrines, palaces, and gardens had filled the walls of old Peking. Its... (read more)

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Red-Color News Soldier
by Zhensheng Li
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- Only known existing photographic documentation of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-76)- Controversial visual record of an infamous, misunderstood period of modern history that has been largely hidden from the public eye, both within China and... (read more)

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Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750
by Odd Arne Westad
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China: An Intimate Look at the Past and Present: A Photographic Journey of the New Long March
by Anthony Paul
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Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
by Philip P Pan
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Beautiful Xiangxi
by Congwen Shen
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Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine
by Jasper Becker
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Mao Zedong: A Penguin Life (Penguin Lives Biographies)
by Jonathan Spence
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The complex persona of Chairman Mao--remembered with hate, awe, and even reverence--calls for what the Boston Globe has termed "AJonathan? Spence's engaging blend of history, literature, and biography." Drawing from his expertise in Chinese... (read more)

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City of Heavenly Tranquility: Beijing in the History of China. Jasper Becker
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The Search for Modern China
by Jonathan D Spence
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China in a Mirror
by Sabrina Michaud
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Discoveries: Forbidden City (Discoveries)
by Gilles Beguin
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Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship
by Denise Chong
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