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Reviews - Pre-1949 China
Clements, Wellington Koo: China (Makers of the Modern World), 2008.
Yongjin Zhang reviews the book for H-Diplo.
Welter, The Linji lu and the Creation of Chan Orthodoxy: The Development of Chan's Records of Sayings Literature, 2008
Albert Welter's book was reviewed by Stuart Young.
Lorge, The Asian Military Revolution: From Gunpowder to the Bomb, 2008
Dietmar Rothermund reviews the book for H-Soz-u-Kult, September 2008.
Lococo, Genghis Khan: History's Greatest Empire Builder, 2008
Timothy May reviews the book for H-War.
James Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, 2007.
Morgan Liu reviews the book for H-Asia, October 2008. Republished here under Creative Commons license.
Isett, State, Peasant, and Merchant in Qing Manchuria, 1644-1862, 2007
Peer Vries reviews Christopher Isett's State, Peasant, and Merchant in Qing Manchuria, 1644-1862.
Grypma, Healing Henan: Canadian Nurses at the North China Mission, 1888-1947 (2007)
Adrienne Byng reviews the book for H-Canada, April 2009.
Mller, Representing History in Chinese Media: The TV Drama "Zou Xiang Gonghe" (Towards the Republic), 2007.
Thoralf Klein reviews the book for H-Net, November 2008.
Wakabayashi, ed. The Nanking Atrocity, 1937-38- Complicating the Picture, 2007
This edited volume was reviewed by Sven Saaler for H-Genocide in September 2009. It is reprinted here under Creative Commons license.
Martin and Heinrich, Embodied Modernities: Corporeality, Representation, and Chinese Cultures. Chinese Cultural Studies and Anthropology Series, 2006
Pamela McCallum reviews the book for H-Ideas, April 2007, credit H-Net.
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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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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?