Guan-Yu the Hero
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a classic historical novel of enormous influence, is considered to be one of the four great Chinese classic novels. Written … Read more
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, … Read more
Journey to the West
The fanciful adventures of a Tang Dynasty priest, Sanzang, and his three disciples, Monkey, Pig, and Friar Sand, as they search for a Buddhist Sutra. … Read more
Approaches to Teaching The Story of the Stone (Dream of the Red Chamber)
The Story of the Stone (Dream of the Red Chamber), a Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin and continued by Gao E, tells of an amazing … Read more
Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the four Chinese classics. The novel is semi-autobiographical and it gives an incredibly detailed insight into 18th-century … Read more
Postmodernism and China
Few countries have been so transformed in recent decades as China. With a dynamically growing economy and a rapidly changing social structure, China challenges the … Read more
China’s Homeless Generation: Voices from the veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s
Voices from the Veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s
War and Nationalism in China, 1925-1945
In 1937, the Nationalists under Chiang Kaishek were leading the Chinese war effort against Japan and were lauded in the West for their efforts to … Read more