Catalogue of Yao Manuscripts by Bent Lerbæk Pedersen
This unique work catalogues the Yao holdings of the Royal Library of Copenhagen. Originating in northern China but found today in southwestern China, Vietnam, Laos … Read more
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The Pragmatic Dragon: China’s Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements by Eric Hyer
It is a comprehensive and detailed treatment of China’s various border issues and negotiations which examines the strategic environment in which China has operated (2015). … Read more
China’s Contested Internet edited by Guobin Yang
Gives a sophisticated analysis of the dimensions of the Chinese Internet and covers hacker spaces, online activism, diaosi, weiguan, censorship of Internet fiction, the government … Read more
Queer/Tongzhi China
Queer/Tongzhi China: New Perspectives on Research, Activism and Media Cultures edited by Elisabeth L. Engebretsen, William F. Schroeder, with Hongwei Bao. Is the first book … Read more
Doing Fieldwork in China … With Kids! edited by Candice Cornet and Tami Blumenfield
This volume explores the many issues of conducting fieldwork with children, generally, and with children in China, specifically.Points not just to pitfalls but also unexpected … Read more
North Korea warns of ‘super-mighty preemptive strike’ as U.S. plans next move
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean state media warned the United States of a “super-mighty preemptive strike” after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the … Read more
End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 that Changed Asia and the World
The book charts 100 days of dreams, drama and turmoil across eastern Asia at the end of World War II. It combines daily events with … Read more
Politicized Society: Taiwan’s Struggle with its One-Party Past by Mikael Mattlin
This book explores a relatively uncharted area of democratic transitions. In particular, it addresses the problems of protracted transitions that occur when a one-party state … Read more
Chinese Ways of Being Muslim: Negotiating Ethnicity and Religiosity in Indonesia by Hew Wai Weng
Offers unique insights into the cultural politics of Muslim and Chinese identity in Southeast Asia today. BUY BOOK Explores the intersection between Islam and Chineseness, … Read more
The Continuation of Ancient mathematics: Wang Xiaotong’s Jigu suanjing, Algebra and Geometry in 7th-Century China by Tina Su-lyn Lim and Donald B. Wagner
Translation and analysis of the most important Chinese mathematical text of the Tang period. BUY BOOK The first modern study of the entirety of this … Read more
Western Han: A Yangzhou Storyteller’s Script by Vibeke Børdahl and Liangyan Ge
This mammoth study is a major contribution to the study of Chinese literature, making available to scholars a rare storyteller’s script from the late Qing … Read more
Explaining the East Asian Peace: A Research Story by Stein Tønnesson
This is a personal story of a multinational research programme that, instead of explaining conflict, has sought to explain peace, and to gauge its quality … Read more
Debating the East Asian Peace: What it is. How it came about. Will it last?
East Asia used to be the world’s deadliest battleground but since the 1980s there has been a sudden and marked reduction in battle deaths. BUY … Read more
Chinese Landscapes: A Charity Bazaar Of Yu Jianrong’s Works
Black, gray, and white, the color of the drawing of Yu jianrong is the cry, though the smile is always on his face. It’s his … Read more