Umbilical Cord of History: Paintings of Zhang Xiaogang
Hong Kong: Hanart T Z Gallery, 2004. First Edition. Softcover (Outsized). Additional handling charge for heavy item. More
China
Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Princeton Studies in International History and Politics series. Cultural Realism is an in-depth study of premodern Chinese strategic thought that has important implications for contemporary international relations theory. In applying a Western theoretical debate to China, Iain Johnston advances..... More
Modern China (Asian Civilization)
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1964. Paperback. More
Pencil Speakings from Peking
New York: The Macmillan Company. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. No date or year of publication indicated. First edition of this title was published in U.S. and U.K. in 1918. As an advance review copy, this edition mostly likely predates the 1918 publication year. More
A Silver Treasury of Chinese Lyrics
Hong Kong: A Renditions Book/The Chinese University Press, 2003. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. The song lyric (ci), which began as a form of minor divertissement in the urban pleasure quarters of eighth and ninth century China, evolved into a major, and then dominant, poetic form over the four centuries that..... More
Chinese Days
Hong Kong: Odyssey, 1988. First English language edition. Softcover. Translated from the Italian by Kirsten Marnane Romano. More
Children of Mao: Personality Development and Political Activism in the Red Guard Generation
London: Macmillan, 1985. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. A sociological case study of four political activists in China. More
Will China's Economy Collapse?
Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. "Uncorrected proof version, not for publication" stated on front cover. The recent downturn in the Chinese economy has become a focal point of global attention, with some analysts warning that China is edging dangerously close to economic meltdown. Is it possible that..... More
The Journey to the West, Volume I
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. First Trade Paperback Edition. Softcover. First published in 1592, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-Yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. More
City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong
London: Scribe, 2019. First Edition. Trade Paperback. A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong’s revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition..... More
Myself a Mandarin: Memoirs of a Special Magistrate (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Unexpectedly appointed magistrate in a country district in Hongkong, the author found himself plunged into a Chinese world about which he knew next to nothing and had to learn as fast as possible. This he does, taking the reader with him through..... More
Living Abroad in China (including Hong Kong & Macau)
Avalon Travel, 2013. Third ed. Softcover. More
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
New York: Random House, 2020. First Edition (stated). Trade Paperback. Just as she did with North Korea, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick explores one of the most hidden corners of the world. She tells the story of a Tibetan town perched eleven thousand feet above sea level that is one of..... More
Will China Save the Planet?
Cambridge: Polity Press, 2018. Ann Boavida (cover design). First Edition. Paperback. Now that Trump has turned the United States into a global climate outcast, will China take the lead in saving our planet from environmental catastrophe? Many signs point to yes. China, the world's largest carbon emitter, is leading a...... More
Modern Chinese: Beginner's Course, Volumes 1 & 2
Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University Press / Sinolingua, 2001. Second Edition. Softcover. More
Tibet: Myth Vs. Reality (China in Focus)
Beijing: Beijing Review Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. More
Three Gorges Project: Key to Development of the Yangtze River
Beijing: New Star Publishers, 1992. First edition (presumed). Softcover. Very rare. More
A Cultural History of Modern Science in China
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Historians of science and Sinologists have long needed a unified narrative to describe the Chinese development of modern science, medicine, and technology since 1600. They welcomed the appearance in 2005 of Benjamin Elman’s masterwork, On Their Own Terms. Now Elman..... More
On Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550-1900
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. In On Their Own Terms, Benjamin A. Elman offers a much-needed synthesis of early Chinese science during the Jesuit period (1600–1800) and the modern sciences as they evolved in China under Protestant influence (1840s–1900). By 1600 Europe was ahead..... More
Massage
Melbourne, Australia: Viking, 2014. Paperback. Originally published in Chinese as Tui Na by People's Literature Publishing House. Wang Daifu is blind and works as a practitioner of tuina, a traditional form of pressure-point massage, in the burgeoning metropolis of Shenzhen. His is a uniquely coveted skill, yet it..... More
Three Sisters: A Novel
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed bu author on a Man Asian Literary Prize bookplate. In a small village in China, the Wang family has produced seven sisters in its quest to have a boy; three of the sisters emerge as the lead characters in this remarkable..... More
The Carving of Insects
Hong Kong: Renditions Paperbacks/The Chinese University Press, 2006. Trade Paperback. Edited by Mary M.Y. Fung Translated by Mary M.Y. Fung and David Lunde Bian Zhilin (1910-2000), one of the most original voices in 20th-century Chinese poetry, was known for his modern sensibility and intense lyrical appeal. His style combines..... More
Secrets: A Collection of Short Stories
Boston/Hong Kong: Cheng & Tsui Company/Joint Publishing Co., 1985. Luk Chi Cheong (cover design). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Translated from the Chinese by David Deterding A collection of ten short stories by the Taiwanese poet, essayist, historian and activist. More
Law and Order in Sung China
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Ancient China (Discoveries)
Hemel Hempstead: MacDonald Young Books, 1996. Hardcover (Outsized). More
