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Reviews - Pre-1949 China
Field, ed. and trans., Mu Shiying - China's Lost Modernist (January 7, 2014)
February 11, 2015
Christopher Rosenmeier reviews the book for H-Asia.
Kiely, The Compelling Ideal - thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956 (January 1, 2014)
February 7, 2015
Jan Kiely book was reviewed by Emily Whewell for H-Asia and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Idema, The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun (August 13, 2013)
January 26, 2015
Jeffrey L. Richey (Berea College) reviewed this book for H-Net in January 2015. It is reprinted here through a Creative Commons license.
Rethinking Justice? Decolonization, Cold War, and Asian War Crimes Trials after 1945 (Conference: October 26-29, 2014)
January 1, 2015
A conference at Heidelberg University was reviewed by Lisette Schouten for H-Soz-u-Kult and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Prosperity's Predicament: Identity, Reform, and Resistance in Rural Wartime China (September 26, 2013)
September 5, 2014
Bin Yang reviews the book for H-World.
Buchanan, East Wind: China and the British Left, 1925-1976, 2012 (June 18, 2012)
June 10, 2014
Qiang Zhai reviews the book for H-Diplo, February 2013.
Sinn, Pacific Crossing: California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong (April 2, 2013)
February 12, 2014
Elizabeth Sinn's book was reviewed for H-Empire by Mathew Brundage and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Crook et al, Prosperity’s Predicament: Identity, Reform, and Resistance in Rural Wartime China, 2013
January 1, 2013
The book by Isabel Crook, Christina K. Gilmartin, Xiji Yu, Gail Hershatter, and Emily Honig was reviewed by Bin Yang for H-World (September 2013) and is reproduced here via a Creative Commons license.
Clarke, The Virgin Mary and Catholic Identities in Chinese History, 2013 and Young, Ecclesiastical Colony: China’s Catholic Church and the French Religious Protectorate, 2013
January 1, 2013
Jeremy Clarke and Ernest Young’s books were reviewed for H-Catholic (October 2014) and is reproduced here under a Creative Commons license.
Meyer-Fong, What Remains: Coming to Terms with Civil War in 19th century China, 2013
January 1, 2013
This book by Tobie Meyer-Fong was reviewed by Edward A. McCord for the H-War discussion list and is reproduced here under Creative Commons license.
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January 4, 2024
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.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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?