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Dragon's pearl
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Sirin Phathanothai |
At the age of 8, Sirin Phathanothai's life changed dramatically. She and her brother were sent to be brought up in Beijing under the direct auspices of Premier Zhou Enlai as he wards. This is a perso… |
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Manchu princess, Japanese spy
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Phyllis Birnbaum |
"Kawashima Yoshiko (1906-1948) was an enigmatic Manchu princess whose life mirrored in many ways Japanese-Chinese relations in the first half of the 20th century. She was born into the Qing dynasty i… |
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Postcards from Tomorrow Square
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James M. Fallows |
"Americans need not be hostile toward China's rise, but they should be wary about its eventual effects. The United States is the only nation with the scale and power to try to set the terms of its in… |
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Culture and conquest in Mongol Eurasia
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Thomas T. Allsen |
In the thirteenth century, the Mongols created a vast transcontinental empire that functioned as a cultural 'clearing house' for the Old World. Under Mongol auspices various commodities, ideologies a… |
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Global Conjectures
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William C. Kirby,Klaus Mühlhahn,Mechthild Leutner |
"This issue deals with the integration of modern China into processes of global exchange and cross-border interaction. The articles explore the broader theme in different ways and in different subfie… |
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The Rise of China and International Security
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Kevin Cooney: Y |
"This edited volume offerse diverse and comprehensive views of China's rise and its implications for the East Asian region and beyond." -- Back cover. |
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The West and China Since 1500
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John S. Gregory |
"Chinese fleets sailed through Asian waters as far as Africa in the early fifteenth century, when Western explorers were just beginning to probe the great oceans of the world. The Chinese turned back… |
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