As U.S. and China find common ground on North Korea, is Russia the wild card?
SEOUL/VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent Lunar New Year greetings this year, the first card went to Russian President … Read more
China-Underground
On the Fringes of the Harmonious Society
Since 1949, Tibetans and Uyghurs generally have been perceived as the two most problematic members of the PRC’s great family of peoples and been the … Read more
Village China at War by Dagfinn Gatu
This groundbreaking study on the forging of Chinese communism in the furnace of the anti-Japanese war focuses on North China, where the CCP first took … Read more
Asian nations pulled into China’s orbit as Trump puts America first
MANILA (Reuters) – Across Asia, more and more countries are being pulled into Beijing’s orbit, with the timid stance adopted by Southeast Asian nations on … Read more
Modern China-Myanmar Relations
This volume examines the changing relations between China and Burma/Myanmar since Burmese independence in 1948 and the formation of the People’s Republic of China in … Read more
Wu Song Fights the Tiger
The focus of Chinese literary studies has long been on the written word even though Chinese fiction and drama have strong oral roots and have … Read more
ASEAN firms up South China Sea stance as Beijing lobbies over statement
MANILA (Reuters) – Southeast Asian countries have altered a statement to be issued at Saturday’s ASEAN summit to include references to militarization and island-building in … Read more
Pattern and Loom
A Practical Study of the Development of Weaving Techniques in China, Western Asia and Europe. BUY THE BOOK When John Becker’s Pattern and Loom was … Read more
Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant response in Central China, 1736-1949 by Jiayan Zhang
Coping with Calamity is an important contribution to the field of environmental history that gives unique insights from the author’s intimate knowledge of the region … Read more
China revises mapping law to bolster territorial claims
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Thursday passed a revised mapping law to bolster understanding of its territorial claims and to create hefty new penalties to … Read more
China launches first home-built aircraft carrier amid South China sea tension
China aircraft carrier BEIJING (Reuters) – China launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier on Wednesday amid rising tension over North Korea and worries about … Read more
China’s “Christmas Town” opens doors to Middle East migrants but future uncertain
War refugees in China YIWU, China (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As Europe and the United States crack down on migrants from the Middle East and … Read more
Global, Chinese security firms in race along China’s ‘Silk Road’
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Global security companies and their smaller Chinese rivals are jostling for business along Beijing’s modern-day “Silk Road”, the grandiose plan for land … Read more