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Book Reviews
Bernstein and Li, China Learns from the Soviet Union, 2010
Edward Wang reviews the book for H-Soz-u-Kult, December 10, 2010
Wasserstrom, China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, 2010
Review by Diana Lin of Indiana University Northwest, July 2011.
Peattie, Drea, and van de Ven, eds., The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, 2010
This review by Roger Brown was originally published by the H-War discussion list and is reproduced here under Creative Commons license.
Craughwell, The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World, 2010
Timothy May reviews the book for H-War, June 2010.
Kadeer, Dragon Fighter: One Woman's Epic Struggle for Peace with China, 2009
Howard W. French reviews the book for the New York Times, April 2009.
Liu, The Mirage of China: Anti-Humanism, Narcissism, and Corporeality of the Contemporary World, 2009
Kelly F. Dombroski Reviews the book for H-Ideas, June 2010, credit H-Net.
Haarman, Shanghai (Urban Public) Space, 2009
Anke Haarmann's book was reviewed by Milica Muminovic for H-Urban and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Tamanoi, Memory Maps: The State and Manchuria in Postwar Japan, 2009.
Bill Sewell reviews the book for H-US-Japan.
Neil Gregory, ed, New Industries from New Places: The Emergence of the Software and Hardware Industries in China and India, 2009
Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen reviews the book for H-Net, August 2011.
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Featured Articles
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?