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When China Rules the World
by Martin Jacques
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Provocative...a fascinating account. -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In this prodigiously researched and far-reaching book, Martin Jacques presents a groundbreaking look at how China's economic ascendancy will alter the balance of global power... (read more)

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China in the World Market: Chinese Industry and International Sources of Reform in the Post-Mao Era (Cambridge Modern China Series)
by Thomas Geoffr Moore
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Thomas G. Moore examines the role of the outside world as a source of change in post-Mao China. Based on extensive documentary and interview material, the book adds the Chinese case to a long tradition of country-based studies by political economists... (read more)

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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
by Simon Winchester
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Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China
by Ian Johnson
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Red Star Over China
by Edgar Snow
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)
by Peter Hessler
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Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
by Adeline Yen Mah
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Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield... (read more)

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by Leslie T Chang
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An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China. China has 130 million migrant workers—the largest migration in human history. In Factory Girls... (read more)

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Will the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of Chinas Peasants
by Guidi Chen
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A prize-winning investigative expose of the poverty and injustice experienced by China's 900 million peasants, told through a series of dramatic personal narratives. The Chinese economic miracle is happening despite, not because of, China's 900... (read more)

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by Ping Chun Hsiung
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Studies on China #20: Chinese Historical Microdemography
by Stevan Harrell
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China's Peasants: The Anthropology of a Revolution
by Sulamith Potter
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China Wakes: The Struggle For the Soul of a Rising Power
by Nicholas D Kristof
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