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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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1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)
by Gavin Menzies
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On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to "proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas." When the fleet returned home in October 1423, the emperor had fallen,... (read more)

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Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival
by Dean King
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City of Heavenly Tranquility: Beijing in the History of China. Jasper Becker
by Jasper Becker
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Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine
by Jasper Becker
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Beautiful Xiangxi
by Congwen Shen
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Mao Zedong: A Penguin Life (Penguin Lives Biographies)
by Jonathan Spence
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Son of the Revolution
by Heng Liang
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River Town Two Years on the Yangtze
by Peter Hessler
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China in a Mirror
by Sabrina Michaud
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Brief History of the Dynasties of China
by Bamber Gascoigne
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Lake with No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China
by Diane Wei Liang
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