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Dec 16, 2021 · Whether you want to read the entire history of China in 250 pages or find out what's going on right now in Xinjiang, enjoy a new translation of a 16th-century fantasy novel or delve into contemporary short stories, 2021 has been another good year for books about China.
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The Best China Books of 2022, recommended by Jeffrey Wasserstrom. From a true story that reads like a spy novel to a detailed study of the mythic origins of the Chinese Communist Party in Northwest China, there were lots of interesting books published about China this year.
- Best Memoir
- Best Futurology
- Best Translation
- Best Mystery
- Best Historical Non-Fiction
- Best Cookbook
- Best Historical Fiction
- Best Ya Romance
- Best Science Fiction
- Best Academic Non-Fiction
House of Kwaby Mimi Kwa Mimi Kwa’s family memoir achieves that rarest of feats in writing of any kind: striking every note of the emotional spectrum between front cover and back. A TV host, actor, life coach and journalist as well as a brilliant author, Kwa explores the rich history of her family in House of Kwa from southern China to Western Austr...
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-fu Lee and Chen Qiufan What happens when you combine the talents of an AI visionary and former president of Google China with the acerbic mind of a celebrated Chinese sci-fi novelist? The answer is what the authors themselves term ‘scientific fiction,’ a collection of 10 short stories set 20 years in the f...
Monkey King: Journey to the Westedited, translated and introduction by Julia Lovell In the past it would have been blasphemy to question whether Arthur Waley’s Monkey was the best English translation of the Chinese classic Journey to the West, but with the arrival of Julia Lovell’s new version it is now a legitimate question to ask. This is because...
Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murderby Qiu Xiaolong Qiu Xiaolong’s Inspector Chen novels are more than just detective fiction. Throughout the series, the crimes Chen aims to solve are intimately related to China’s historic context, bringing readers into the often opaque, obscure world of Chinese bureaucracy and politics. In the 12th and la...
Destination Pekingby Paul French In his earlier novels City of Devils and Midnight in Peking, French brought to life in radiant detail for an English-speaking audience the sometimes glamorous, sometimes venal world of expatriate communities in Republican-era Shanghai and Beijing. Destination Peking offers more of the same, but this time in the form...
At the Chinese Table: A Memoir with Recipesby Carolyn Phillips There are plenty of Chinese cookbooks out there today, and just as many first-hand accounts of foreigners travelling in the East. What there is not, however, is as thoughtful a combination of the two as Carolyn Phillips’ latest book At the Chinese Table, which elegantly integrates the s...
The Last Rose of Shanghaiby Weina Dai Randel Set during the Second World War, The Last Rose of Shanghai is a dynamic love story juxtaposed with the despair of the Japanese occupation of the city. The book’s protagonists make for an unlikely pair: a Jewish refugee driven from Nazi Germany and a rich young Chinese heiress, proprietor of a once fashio...
Our Violent Ends by Chole Gong Chloe Gong’s imaginative retelling of Romeo and Juliet in These Violent Delights was so brilliantly executed as to become a New York Times bestseller, and the follow-up – Our Violent Ends – is a worthy sequel that rounds off the duology in style. Juliette and Roma continue in their roles as enemies-cum-lovers while th...
Strange Beasts of Chinaby Yan Ge (translated by Jeremy Tiang) First published in China in 2006 and translated into English by Jeremy Tiang for the first time this year, Strange Beasts of China,is a novel with an intriguing structure. Written as a bestiary – a catalogue of the strange beasts that occupy the fictional city of Yong’an – each chapter i...
Confucius’ Courtyard: Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in Chinaby Xing Ruan Professor of Architecture at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Xing Ruan’s treatise has one central idea. If you want to understand Chinese architecture – nay, if you want to understand Chinese history, culture and philosophy – you have to start with the courtyard. Ac...
Dec 9, 2021 · China, the UN, and Human Protection: Beliefs, Power, Image. by Rosemary Foot. In this groundbreaking study, Foot shows how China has worked behind the scenes at the UN to promote a vision of security that emphasizes economic development, a strong state, and social stability. read the review.
The best China books are those that explain China’s amazing success–not those that constantly predict its failure. The Top China Book in 2021 is… Imperial China, 900–1800, by F.W. Mote. Mote’s wonderfully readable book is the essential starting place if you want to understand modern China.
Sep 25, 2024 · Whether you want to read the entire history of China in 250 pages or find out what’s going on right now in Xinjiang, enjoy a new translation of a 16th-century fantasy novel or delve into contemporary short stories, 2021 has been another good year for books about China.
There’s no easy place to start, but we’ve compiled ten books that provide an introduction to contemporary China. From classic fiction by Eileen Chang to nonfiction accounts by Liao Yiwu, learn more about Chinese culture and history to better understand where we are today.
