Big Breasts and Wide Hips
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In a country where men dominate, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title...
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Women Judges in Contemporary China: Gender, Judging and Living
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This study provides an up-to-date empirical account of Chinese female judges within the context of...
Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
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Pol Pot was an idealistic, reclusive figure with great charisma and personal charm. He initiated a...
Deng Xiaoping: A Revolutionary Life
Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine
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Deng Xiaoping joined the Chinese Communist movement as a youth and rose in its ranks to become an...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
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This is from the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao: The Unknown Story. In this groundbreaking...
Qi the Book of the Dead
John Lloyd and John Mitchinson
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Welcome to QI: The Book of the Dead, a biographical dictionary with a twist - one where only the...
The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature: Writings from the Mainland in the Long Twentieth Century
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Award-winning literary scholar and poet Yunte Huang here gathers together an intimate and...
The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)
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A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an...
Shanghai Homes: Palimpsests of Private Life
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In the dazzling global metropolis of Shanghai, what has it meant to call this city home? In this...
Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China
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Read an exclusive blog by the author here As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. This is the...