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The doctor who was followed by ghosts
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Qunying Li |
A Communist doctor of great dedication, Li Qunying undoubtedly had fewer ghosts behind her than others, yet her life was in many ways ill-fated as she struggled to exist through vast political turmoi… |
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The fourteen Dalai Lamas
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Glenn H. Mullin |
In The Fourteen Dalai Lamas, author Glenn H. Mullin vividly brings to life the myth and succession of all 14 Dalai Lamas in one volume for the first time. The book contains a chapter on each Dalai La… |
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Fieldwork connections
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Ma Lunzy,Bamo Ayi,Stevan Harrell |
Fieldwork Connections tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. Chapt… |
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Bend, not break
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Ping Fu |
In her autobiography, Ping Fu tells her story as she lived it--from child soldier and political prisoner to a CEO and "Inc." magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year. |
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Life and death in Shanghai
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Nien Cheng |
In August 1966 a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. Her background made her an obvious target for the fanatics of the Cultural Revolution: educated in London, the widow of an offic… |
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I Didn't Make a Million
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Whitey Smith |
First published in 1956 in Manila.
Article about the book "Jazz Bandleader Whitey Smith, “The Man Who Taught China to Dance” in Shanghai, 1920s-1930s"
http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/5/19/t… |
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The girl from Purple Mountain
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May-Lee Chai |
"The Girl from Purple Mountain is a true story of love, betrayal, and healing set against the shifting tides of twentieth-century China. It begins with a mystery: The Chai family matriarch, Ruth Mei-… |
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Terror in Minnie Vautrin's Nanjing
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Suping Lu,Minnie Vautrin |
In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanjing and launched six weeks of carnage that would become known as the Rape of Nanjing. In addition to the death… |
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