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Chinese Lives - The People Who Made a Civilization by Victor H. Mair; Sanping Chen; Frances Wood
Category: History
China is the most populous country on earth, with the longest history of any modern nation. In the 21st century, it is clear that Chinas future, as a political and economic world power, is set to be as significant as its past, and its achievements still depend upon its people. This book tells the story ...Show more
Great Books of China by Frances Wood
Category: History
Great Books of China offers concise introductions - each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question - to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature. The books chosen reflect the chronological and thematic breadth of Chinese literary tradition, ranging from s ...Show more
Picnics Prohibited: Diplomacy in Chaotic China during the First World War by WOOD, FRANCES
Category: Accessories | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
The ripple effects of the First World War came at an inopportune time for the infant Chinese republic. The country had joined a number of international organisations and ratified the Hague Conventions, but found its diplomatic efforts hampered by its young, inexperienced leadership, its factional region ...Show more
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