601円 Follow this distinguished author down the rabbit hole as she discovers the barbaric realities of the Japanese occupation of China in the late 1930s.  A war that would eventually merge with World War Two is painted with the lyrical prose that only Robin Hyde could deliver. Hyde is a lone fema...

4,643円 In 1958, China’s revered leader Mao Zedong instituted a program designed to transform his giant nation into a Communist utopia. Called the Great Leap Forward, Mao’s grand schemeーlike so many other utopian dreams of the 20th centuryーproved a monumental disaster, resulting in the mass destruction...

7,752円 China’s unmatched ability to reinvent itself over the centuries is perhaps its most timeless asset. Even in the wake of violent civil wars, Mongol invaders, and turbulent governance, China has endured and, in recent times, achieved a level of prosperity rivaled by few other countries in the world...

7,752円 With its flourishing metropolises, China has come to be identified with urban life and rapid technological advancement. Yet much of its landscape also boasts communities sustained by wondrous natural resources, which contribute to the scenic and spiritual beauty of the nation as well as its econo...

7,752円 Reverberations of China’s diversity and multiethnic heritage are visible in everything from the cuisine and languages to the beliefs and arts of the vast nation. In addition to linking the Chinese to their rich past, a number of these traditions have been absorbed by cultures around the world and...

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263円 An meiner Front gibt es keinen Verwundeten.“ „Es wird doch behauptet, daß diese Front die meist umkämpfte von ganz China ist“, meinte einer der Freunde. „Das ändert nichts an der Tatsache“, antwortete er. Wir unternahmen mit Dr. Weng einen Marsch zum Sitz des x-ten Armeekorps, wo wir dem General ...

750円 Dopo migliaia di anni la Cina si appresta a ridivenire quel maestoso gigante che fu all'apice dell'età imperiale. Oggi la Cina è la fucina del Mondo, la maggior parte dei prodotti di qualsiasi genere che un Occidentale acquista sono o interamente o in parte fabbricati in Cina. La cinematografia a...

5,300円 Painting the City Red illuminates the dynamic relationship between the visual media, particularly film and theater, and the planning and development of cities in China and Taiwan, from the emergence of the People’s Republic in 1949 to the staging of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Yomi Braester arg...

5,300円 Chinese merchants have traded with Southeast Asia for centuries, sojourning and sometimes settling, during their voyages. These ventures have taken place by land and by sea, over mountains and across deserts, linking China with vast stretches of Southeast Asia in a broad, mercantile embrace. Chin...

4,637円 Backward Glances reveals that the passionate love one woman feels for another occupies a position of unsuspected centrality in contemporary Chinese mass cultures. By examining representations of erotic and romantic love between women in popular films, elite and pulp fiction, and television dramas...

5,300円 The Man Who Stayed Behind is the remarkable account of Sidney Rittenberg, an American who was sent to China by the U.S. military in the 1940s. A student activist and labor organizer who was fluent in Chinese, Rittenberg became caught up in the turbulence that engulfed China and remained there unt...