This page lists all upcoming China books, defined broadly as any English-language book on or from China that is slated to be published in the next four months. We update this list on a biweekly basis (monthly in the summer). If you think we have missed a book, contact us at listings@chinabooksreview.com, with the publisher link. The categories below are designed to present books by broad groupings, not as a perfect classification, and carousels are capped at 25 titles. Blurbs are adapted from publisher copy.
Coming soon
Tides of Fortune
The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries
Zack Cooper
A look at how the twentieth century's great powers devised their military strategies and what their implications mean for military competition between the United States and China.
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Bronze Mirrors in Ancient China
Artistry and Technique
Kin Sum Li
An analysis of how mirrors were designed and produced during the period from 500 to 200 BCE.
Buy
Wisdom Stories of Tibet
Tales of Magic, Adventure, adn Bravery
Laura Burges, Lama Chonam (illus. Wen Hsu)
An illustrated collection of 14 Tibetan folktales for children.
Buy
The Magpie at Night
Li Qingzhao (tr. Wendy Chen)
A new translation of the works of Chinese poet Li Qingzhao.
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Picturing Animals and Plants in Early Modern China and Japan
Innovation, Experiments, and Anxieties
Eds. Fan Lin, Doreen Mueller
An edited volume addressing the complex meanings that visual representations of plants and animals gained in early modern China and Japan.
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Water Lords
Beijing's Drinking Water and Its Carriers, 1644-1937 (China Studies)
Lei Zhang
The story of drinking water and its carriers in Beijing from the imperial Qing to the Republican period, including an ecological perspective to existing studies.
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Europe in an Era of US-China Strategic Rivalry
Challenges and Opportunities from an Outside-in Perspective
Ed. Sebastian Biba
An examination of some of the major challenges and opportunities for Europe in the light of the intensifying US-China global strategic rivalry.
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Mao Zedong
A Biography Volume II. 1949-1958
Chongji Jin, Xianzhi Pan (tr. Foreign Languages Press)
The second volume of the biography of Mao Zedong.
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Secret Stories on the Silk Road
Symbols, Architectures and Myths between Italy, the Middle East and China
Alessandro Coscia, Sergio Coppola
A photographic documentation of artifacts left from the exchanges between Western and Eastern civilizations along the Silk Road.
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Elephants and Ivory in China and Spain
John Beusterien, Stephen West
A global history of ivory and elephants in China and Spain.
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Spatial Stories and Intersecting Geographies
Hong Kong, Britain, and China, 1890-19140
Klaudia Hiu Yen Lee
An account of the literary and journalistic connection between Hong Kong, Britain, and China from 1890 to 1940.
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Beyond Coercion
The Politics of Inequality in China
Alexsia T. Chan
A perspective on the mechanisms of social control practiced by authoritarian regimes, focusing on the Chinese state.
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The Beef Taboo in China
Agriculture, Ethics, Sacrifice
Vincent Goossaert (tr. Barbara R. Ambros)
An investigation into Chinese practices around animals, meat, meat ethics, vegetarianism and more.
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China’s 1800s
Material and Visual Culture
Jessica Harrison-Hall
A collection of essays focusing on the social, cultural, religious, creative, economic and political history of makers, users, owners and collectors related to the British Museum exhibition "China's hidden century: 1796-1912".
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The Making of China’s Working Class
A World to Lose
Marc Blecher
An analysis of development of the urban working class in China.
Buy
China and the Wireless Undertow
Media as Wave Philosophy
Anna Greenspan
A reimagining of the relationship between China and wirelessness synthesizing contemporary media theory with modern Chinese thought.
Buy
Film History and Screen Culture in and beyond Greater China
Ed. Lin Feng
A collection of scholarship on cinemas of the Sinosphere.
Buy
China Sweet and Sour
Virginia Heslinga
A memoir from a volunteer for an NGO, Amity, about her time in China.
Buy
Familial Hungers
Christine Wu
A collection of poems that reckon with identity, race, and fractured relationships through the lens of food.
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Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong
Settlement and History
Patrick H. Hase
A look into the local history of Hong Kong, primarily of the New Territories villages and market towns.
Buy
Literature and History in the Shi ji of Sima Qian
Ichisada Miyazaki (tr. Joshua Fogel)
A translated and edited collection of studies on the Shi ji by Sima Qian that provides analysis as well as historiographical and methodological insghts.
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What Does it Mean to Be or to Become Chinese?
Interdisciplinary Reflections on Chinese Identity
Ed. Daniel A. Bell
A multidisciplinary exploration of Chinese identity, bringing together contributions from philosophers, historians and legal theorists.
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Hong Kong Notable Doctors
Individuals Who Shaped the Medical Services, 1842-2015
Moira M.W. Chan-Yeung, Tai-wai Wong
The story of Western medicine in Hong Kong over more than 150 years, told through the perspectives of individual doctors.
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A Vibrant Voyage from China
Pith Paintings at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
A showcase of the pith paper paintings collected by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library.
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Modern China in Flux
Networks, Mobility, and Transformation
Ed. Christian Henriot
A volume highlighting the promise of network analysis as a model for historians studying modern China.
BuyUpcoming Politics Books
Tides of Fortune
The Rise and Decline of Great Militaries
Zack Cooper
A look at how the twentieth century's great powers devised their military strategies and what their implications mean for military competition between the United States and China.
Buy
Europe in an Era of US-China Strategic Rivalry
Challenges and Opportunities from an Outside-in Perspective
Ed. Sebastian Biba
An examination of some of the major challenges and opportunities for Europe in the light of the intensifying US-China global strategic rivalry.
Buy
Beyond Coercion
The Politics of Inequality in China
Alexsia T. Chan
A perspective on the mechanisms of social control practiced by authoritarian regimes, focusing on the Chinese state.
Buy
The Inner Court of Communist China
Elites and Their Bureaucratic Institutions in an Authoritarian System
Wen-Hsuan Tsai
A systemic analysis of the mishu system and the operations of the CCP between 1921 and 2022.
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Eurasian Maritime Geopolitics
The United States and China in an Age of Indo-Pacific Transformation
Kent K. Calder
A look at the maritime geopolitics of Eurasia and an analysis of the contrasting roles of the U.S. and China in these strategic areas.
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China’s Changing Role in the Middle East
Filling a Power Vacuum?
Chuchu Zhang
A look at China's recent engagement in the Middle East and how its approach has fundamentally changed.
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Navigating India-Taiwan Relations in the Digital Age
Surveying the Theory and Practice of Science and Technology Diplomacy
Ramnath Reghunadhan
An investigation of India-Taiwan relations through the convergence of science, technology and diplomacy.
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New Zealand’s Geopolitics and the US-China Competition
Reuben Steff
An analysis of New Zealand's geopolitical reality in an increasingly fractured global security order.
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The Judicial System of China
Xin He
A systemic study of Chinese courts after Xi Jinping took power and reformed its judiciary.
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China’s Cultural Soft Power
Deding Liu
A deep dive into how China is shaping its global image and influence through cultural strategies.
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The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia
Evaluating Risks and Benefits
Eds. Yos Santasombat, Lee Kian Cheng
An assessment of the continuing impact of China's BRI on Thailand and ASEAN.
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China’s Quest for Military Supremacy
Joel Wuthnow, Philip C. Saunders
An exploration of Chinese military power, challenges facing China's military and a preview of what it might take for a truly "world-class" Chinese military to take the global stage.
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Not Just Another Cold War
The Global Implications of the US-China Rivalry
Ed. Bard Nikolas Vik Steen
A look at how the emerging superpower rivalry between the US and China compares to the Cold War, and what that means for the future of global politics.
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China’s Strategy in the Gulf
Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries
Benjamin Houghton
An exploration of China's hedging strategy in the Gulf from the 1979 Iranian revolution through early 2024.
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China in the Caribbean
Trade, Investment, and Geopolitical Influence
Roger Hosein, Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Rebecca Gookool-Bosland
An overview of the relationship between China and the Caribbean region, focusing on trade and development linkages with CARICOM.
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China’s Pathways to Prosperity
Abductive Reflections on Reforms and Opening-Up
Jun Fu
An examination of one unified theoretical framework and six milestone stories abotu China's pathways towards building a moderately prosperous society since 1949.
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Latin America, China, and Great Power Competition
New Triangular Relationships
Enrique Dussel Peters
An exploration of the dynamics of new triangular relationships between the U.S., China, and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The US-China Rift and Its Impact on Globalisation
Crisis, Strategy, Transitions
Raffaele Sciortino
An analysis of the looming confrontation between the US and China.
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Technology Rivalry Between the USA and China
Ed. Peter C.Y. Chow
An analysis of the geopolitics and geoeconomics of technological rivalry between the USA and China.
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An Introduction to World China Studies
Zhan Wang, Yanhong Chu
An examination of seven key issues related to China.
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China’s Bilateral Relations and Order Transition in the Indo-Pacific
Eds. Kai He, Feng Liu
An examination of China's bilateral relations with five players in the Indo-Pacific: the United States, Japan, India, Australia, and ASEAN.
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China’s Peaceful Rise
Identities, Interests and Strategies
Le Hu
An examination of the extent to which China has stabilized its communist regime and defended or pursued its crucial interests while maintaining a relatively peaceful environment in East Asia.
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Environmental Securitization in India and China
Eds. Joe Thomas Karackattu, Justin Joseph, Ramnath Reghunadhan
An analysis of how emerging environmental challenges in India and China are situated wtih existing theoretical understandings of security.
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State Governance and Public Finance Theory
A Chinese Perspective
Eds. Ma Jun, Gao Peiyong
An exploration of the fundamental theories, methodologies and innovative directions of public finance research in China.
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Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China
Debates on Hui Identity and Islamic Reform
Hale Eroğlu
An exploration of how a group of key figures navigated the challenges faced by Chinese Muslims in the early twentieth century, and a transnational intellectual history of Chinese Muslim thought.
BuyUpcoming History Books
Water Lords
Beijing's Drinking Water and Its Carriers, 1644-1937 (China Studies)
Lei Zhang
The story of drinking water and its carriers in Beijing from the imperial Qing to the Republican period, including an ecological perspective to existing studies.
Buy
Mao Zedong
A Biography Volume II. 1949-1958
Chongji Jin, Xianzhi Pan (tr. Foreign Languages Press)
The second volume of the biography of Mao Zedong.
Buy
Secret Stories on the Silk Road
Symbols, Architectures and Myths between Italy, the Middle East and China
Alessandro Coscia, Sergio Coppola
A photographic documentation of artifacts left from the exchanges between Western and Eastern civilizations along the Silk Road.
Buy
Elephants and Ivory in China and Spain
John Beusterien, Stephen West
A global history of ivory and elephants in China and Spain.
Buy
Spatial Stories and Intersecting Geographies
Hong Kong, Britain, and China, 1890-19140
Klaudia Hiu Yen Lee
An account of the literary and journalistic connection between Hong Kong, Britain, and China from 1890 to 1940.
Buy
Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong
Settlement and History
Patrick H. Hase
A look into the local history of Hong Kong, primarily of the New Territories villages and market towns.
Buy
Modern China in Flux
Networks, Mobility, and Transformation
Ed. Christian Henriot
A volume highlighting the promise of network analysis as a model for historians studying modern China.
Buy
Eastward, Westward
A Life in Law
Jerome A. Cohen
A memoir from a lawyer who helped to shape East Asian law and U.S.-China legal relations.
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Black Jade Age
New Evidence of 5000-Year History of China
Shuxian Ye (tr. Qin Li, Lucian X. Lu)
An analysis and summary of the narrative motifs of Chinese mythology.
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The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895-1937
Ed. Peter Duus, Ramon H. Myers, Mark R. Peattie
A collection of essays by leading experts on the history of Japan to examine the period from 1895 to 1937, when Japan's economic, social, political and military influence in China expanded rapidly.
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Interesting Times
Some New Zealanders in Republican China
Chris Elder
An introduction to a group of extraordinary New Zealanders who lived in China between 1912 and 1949.
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The Great Plunder
How China Lost Its Treasures in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Qing Chang, Shan Huang
An overview of the dispersal of Chinese cultural relics from the late 19th to the early 20th century.
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Mao Zedong
A True Story
Jie Li
An exploration of how Mao Zedong was shaped by his era and how he, in turn, profoundly influenced the 20th century.
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Remembering 1942
Liu Zhenyun (tr. Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin)
A collection of six short stories of political and personal struggle in China.
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The Adoption Plan
China and the Remaking of Global Humanitarianism
Jack Neubauer
A history of the rise of global humanitarianism that places the receipients, administrators, and critics of humanitarian aid in China at the center of the story.
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The Empire’s New Cloth
Cross-Cultural Textiles at the Qing Court
Mei Mei Rado
A study of textiles as transcultural objects in the Qing court that provides a new understanding of the interconnectedness of the early modern world.
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Remembrance in Clay and Stone
Early Memorial and Funerary Art of Southwest China
Hajni Elias
An exploration of the memorial and funerary artistic traditions of Southwest China during the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE).
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How Maoism Was Made
Reconstructing China, 1949-1965
Ed. Aaron William Moore
A history of the early years in China after 1949.
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The Fear of Witchcraft and Witches in Imperial China
Figurines, Familiars and Demons
Barend Ter Haar
A historical survey of witches and witchcraft in China.
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Disability and Impairment in Early China
Other Bodies
Ed. Avital H. Rom
A collection of scholarly works dedicated to exploring diability and impairment in early Chinese history.
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Celestial Signs and Classical Rhetoric in Early Imperial China
Jesse J. Chapman
A consideration of how the reading of celestial signs fits into broader understandings of the human and cosmic worlds in Han China.
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A Brief History of Transportation in China
Ed. Huapu Lu
An exploration of transportation development throughout China's history.
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Chiang Kai-shek’s Critical Years, 1935-50
Ed. Emily M. Hill
An analysis of Chiang Kai-shek at the peak of his influence in China.
BuyUpcoming Society/Culture Books
Bronze Mirrors in Ancient China
Artistry and Technique
Kin Sum Li
An analysis of how mirrors were designed and produced during the period from 500 to 200 BCE.
Buy
Wisdom Stories of Tibet
Tales of Magic, Adventure, adn Bravery
Laura Burges, Lama Chonam (illus. Wen Hsu)
An illustrated collection of 14 Tibetan folktales for children.
Buy
The Magpie at Night
Li Qingzhao (tr. Wendy Chen)
A new translation of the works of Chinese poet Li Qingzhao.
Buy
Picturing Animals and Plants in Early Modern China and Japan
Innovation, Experiments, and Anxieties
Eds. Fan Lin, Doreen Mueller
An edited volume addressing the complex meanings that visual representations of plants and animals gained in early modern China and Japan.
Buy
The Beef Taboo in China
Agriculture, Ethics, Sacrifice
Vincent Goossaert (tr. Barbara R. Ambros)
An investigation into Chinese practices around animals, meat, meat ethics, vegetarianism and more.
Buy
China’s 1800s
Material and Visual Culture
Jessica Harrison-Hall
A collection of essays focusing on the social, cultural, religious, creative, economic and political history of makers, users, owners and collectors related to the British Museum exhibition "China's hidden century: 1796-1912".
Buy
The Making of China’s Working Class
A World to Lose
Marc Blecher
An analysis of development of the urban working class in China.
Buy
China and the Wireless Undertow
Media as Wave Philosophy
Anna Greenspan
A reimagining of the relationship between China and wirelessness synthesizing contemporary media theory with modern Chinese thought.
Buy
Film History and Screen Culture in and beyond Greater China
Ed. Lin Feng
A collection of scholarship on cinemas of the Sinosphere.
Buy
China Sweet and Sour
Virginia Heslinga
A memoir from a volunteer for an NGO, Amity, about her time in China.
Buy
Familial Hungers
Christine Wu
A collection of poems that reckon with identity, race, and fractured relationships through the lens of food.
Buy
Literature and History in the Shi ji of Sima Qian
Ichisada Miyazaki (tr. Joshua Fogel)
A translated and edited collection of studies on the Shi ji by Sima Qian that provides analysis as well as historiographical and methodological insghts.
Buy
What Does it Mean to Be or to Become Chinese?
Interdisciplinary Reflections on Chinese Identity
Ed. Daniel A. Bell
A multidisciplinary exploration of Chinese identity, bringing together contributions from philosophers, historians and legal theorists.
Buy
Hong Kong Notable Doctors
Individuals Who Shaped the Medical Services, 1842-2015
Moira M.W. Chan-Yeung, Tai-wai Wong
The story of Western medicine in Hong Kong over more than 150 years, told through the perspectives of individual doctors.
Buy
A Vibrant Voyage from China
Pith Paintings at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
A showcase of the pith paper paintings collected by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library.
Buy
Model Minority Gone Rogue
How an unfulfilled daughter of a tiger mother went way off script
Qin Qin
An autobiographical story of how an unhappy overachiever working for a prestigious law firm quit, changed paths, changed countries, changed her entire view of what the world could be, and who she could be.
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As Many as the Stars
Robert Glover
The memoir of an individual's fight for family-based fostering and adoption in 1990s China.
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Kings of Oxen and Horses
Draft Animals, Buddhism, and Chinese Rural Religion
Meir Shahar
A history of two gods, the Horse King and the Ox King, and a look at the place of draft animals in Chinese and Buddhist religious traditions.
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The Forger’s Creed
Reinventing Art History in Early Modern China
J. P. Park
An in-depth look at the history and legacies of forgeries in Chinese art.
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Modern Chinese Foodways
Eds. Jia-Chen Fu, Michelle T. King, Jakob A. Klein
An edited collection that explores the multifaceted experiences of Chinese culinary modernity both within and outside of mainland China from the mid-19th century to present.
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Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes
A Graphic Cookbook
Ying Chang Compestine (illus. Vivian Truong)
An exploration of the nomenclature of traditional Chinese dishes through folklore, personal storytelling, and recipes.
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A Historical Taxonomy of Talking Birds in Chinese Literature
Wilt L. Idema
A study of the development of the parrot and the mynah as characters in many forms of poetry and prose of Chinese elite literature.
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Flowing with the Pearl River
Memoir of a Red China Girl
Amy Chan Zhou
A memoir about growing up in rural Communist China.
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Moltmann in China
Reception and Dialogue
Naomi Thurston
A look at the reception of the German theologian Jürgen Moltmann's theology within the framework of a budding Chinese academic theology.
BuyUpcoming Fiction Books
You Must Take Part in Revolution
A Graphic Novel
Badiucao, Melissa Chan
A graphic novel set in contemporary Hong Kong, addressing ideas of political and individual freedom.
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The Immortal Woman
A Novel
Su Chang
A sweeping generational story of heartbreak, resilience, and yearning, revealing an insider's view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind.
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Soft Burial
A Novel
Fang Fang (tr. Michael Berry)
A literary portrait of historical trauma and the psychological toll of repressed violence, intercut through different generations, regions, and time periods.
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The Running Flame
A Novel
Fang Fang (tr. Michael Berry)
A short novel exploring the difficulties of one woman shackled by patriarchal tradition against the backdrop of social change.
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Clear and Muddy Loss of Love 1
Qing Jun Mo Xiao
A translation of a Chinese novel following a war between kingdoms.
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The Celestials
Outcasts, Outlaws and Why Ned Kelly Yearned for China
Ian Roberts
A story weaving Chinese, Irish, and Australian people together through the Opium Wars and the Australian Gold Rush.
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Nainai’s Mountain
Livia Blackburne (illus. Joey Chou)
An illustrated children's book about a Taiwanese-American girl's trip to Taiwan.
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City of Fiction
Yu Hua (tr. Todd Foley)
A story of love, blood and dreams, set in early 20th-century China.
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Mending Bodies
Lai Chu Hon (tr. Jacqueline Leung)
A novel that takes place in a failing city with a government program encouraging couples to "conjoin" to achieve a flourishing economy, ecological revitalization and personal fulfillment.
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Call Me Emma
One Chinese Girl Finds Her Way in America
Makee
A novel about a teenage girl who has just immigrated from China to New York City.
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Delicious Hunger
Hai Fan (tr. Jeremy Tiang)
A collection of short stories inspired by Hai Fan's thirteen years as part of the Malaysian Communist Party's guerilla forces.
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The Red Wind Howls
Tsering Döndrup (Tr. Christopher Peacock)
A novel of Tibetan suffering under Mao era repression.
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Woman, Seated
Zhang Yueran (tr. Jeremy Tiang)
A translated novel about the unravelling lives of a nanny and the family she works for following the downfall of its patriarch, a prominent Chinese politician.
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