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
People’s China at 75
The Flag Stays Red
Eds. Keith Bennett, Carlos Martinez
A collection of essays, organized by the Friends of Socialist China, aiming to challenge misconceptions about China's unprecedented economic development.
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Making Multiple Babies
Anticipatory Regimes of Assisted Reproduction
Chia-Ling Wu
An analysis of the anticipatory regimes of making multiple babies and the promotion of single embryo transfer, highlighting the making of the world's most lenient guidelines in Taiwan.
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China’s Stealth Fighter
The J-20 'Mighty Dragon' and the Growing Challenge to Western Air Dominance
Abraham Abrams
The story of the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter.
Buy
Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War
Steve Chan
A presentation of contrarian arguments contesting mainstream U.S. views on the danger of a Sino-American war over Taiwan's status.
Buy
Seeing China’s Belt and Road
Eds. Edward Schatz, Rachel Silvey
A collection of perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative from leading field researchers, focusing on different "downstream" contexts.
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Poverty Alleviation Case Analysis in China
Poverty Alleviation Best Practice via Practices and SDG Strategies
International Poverty Reduction Center In China
An exploration of different poverty alleviation strategies employed by China.
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Elephant Herd
A Novel
Guixing Zhang (tr. Carlos Rojas)
A novel following a young Malaysian-Chinese man's journey upriver deep into the Sarawak rainforest of northwest Borneo in search of his uncle, the leader of a Communist guerilla group.
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In the Face of Death We Are Equal
Mu Cao (tr. Scott E. Myers)
A magical realist novel that explores the exploitation of the young living in China's poor countryside.
Buy
Chinese Characters across Asia
How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
Zev J. Handel
An analysis of the development, evolution, and proliferation of the Chinese written language.
Buy
Soy Sauce!
Laura G. Lee
A picture book for kids and foodies of all ages (with real soy sauce as paint) that celebrates the iconic kitchen staple and the magical way food connects family and friends across the world.
Buy
Crafting a Tibetan Terroir
Winemaking in Shangri-La
Brendan A. Galipeau
A look at how wine has transformed Tibetan land and lives.
Buy
Remixing Wong Kar-wai
Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics of Oblivion
Giorgio Biancorosso
An analysis of filmmaker Wong Kar-wai's practices.
Buy
Readings of the Gateless Barrier
Ed. Jimmy Yu
An account of how the Gateless Barrier, one of the most cherished texts of East Asian Buddhism, has been and continues to be practiced and lived in China, Korea, Japan and the West.
Buy
Under the Nuclear Shadow
China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security
Fiona S. Cunningham
An analysis of how and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversaries.
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Island Tinkerers
Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan's Computing Industry
Honghong Tinn
The story of how Taiwan rose to global prominence in high tech manufacturing, from computer maker to the world's leading chip manufacturer.
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Homeseeking
Karissa Chen
A tale of one couple across 60 years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland.
Buy
The Lotus Shoes
A Novel
Jane Yang
A tale of two women from opposite sides of Chinese society and their extraordinary journey of sisterhood, betrayal, love and triumph.
Buy
Dead Souls
Han Song (tr. Michael Berry)
The final installment in Han Song's Hospital trilogy, following Yang Wei's journey through a dystopian hospital system.
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Chinese Astrology
Life, Love, and Luck in Twelve Animal Signs
Donna Stellhorn
An explanation of Chinese astrological signs and their applications.
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Is China a Menacing Empire?
Han Shih Toh
An analysis of the criticisms officials and politicians have made of China's global economic practices.
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The Authoritarian Commons
Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China
Shitong Qiao
An ethnographic account of how hundreds of millions of Chinese homeowners practice democracy in and beyond their condominium complexes.
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Transformation of Ethical Ideas in Contemporary China
Xinzhong Yao, Shuihuan Wang
An examination of traditional Chinese ethics and their contemporary adaptations that stemmed from dialogue with global perspectives.
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Chinese Dialectology
A Historical and Social Overview
Rujie You
An examination of the Chinese dialectic family; its history, philology, and analysis of dialects from both traditional Chinese, as well as modern sociolinguistic perspectives.
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The Eurasian Century
Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World
Hal Brands
A framework for understanding the origins and stakes of global conflict with China, Russia, and Iran.
BuyUpcoming Politics Books
People’s China at 75
The Flag Stays Red
Eds. Keith Bennett, Carlos Martinez
A collection of essays, organized by the Friends of Socialist China, aiming to challenge misconceptions about China's unprecedented economic development.
Buy
Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War
Steve Chan
A presentation of contrarian arguments contesting mainstream U.S. views on the danger of a Sino-American war over Taiwan's status.
Buy
Seeing China’s Belt and Road
Eds. Edward Schatz, Rachel Silvey
A collection of perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative from leading field researchers, focusing on different "downstream" contexts.
Buy
Poverty Alleviation Case Analysis in China
Poverty Alleviation Best Practice via Practices and SDG Strategies
International Poverty Reduction Center In China
An exploration of different poverty alleviation strategies employed by China.
Buy
Under the Nuclear Shadow
China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security
Fiona S. Cunningham
An analysis of how and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversaries.
Buy
Is China a Menacing Empire?
Han Shih Toh
An analysis of the criticisms officials and politicians have made of China's global economic practices.
Buy
The Authoritarian Commons
Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China
Shitong Qiao
An ethnographic account of how hundreds of millions of Chinese homeowners practice democracy in and beyond their condominium complexes.
Buy
The Eurasian Century
Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World
Hal Brands
A framework for understanding the origins and stakes of global conflict with China, Russia, and Iran.
Buy
Why Taiwan Matters
A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future
Kerry Brown
An analysis of the history of Taiwan and the danger of a Chinese takeover.
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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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Through the India-China Border
Kalimpong in the Himalayas
Prem Poddar, Lisa Lindkvist Zhang
A look at the Tibet question in China-India relations focused on the Himalayan border town of Kalimpong from the 1920s to 1962.
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Chinese Investments and the Economic Security Turn in Europe
Francesca Ghiretti
An analysis of how European states' economic interactions with China have become a security issue.
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Planning for War at Sea
400 Years of Great Power Competition
Eds. Paul M. Kennedy, Evan Wilson
An account of four centuries of naval warfare addressing how effectively or ineffectively Russia, China and the United States have configured themselves during the post-Cold War era in preparing for future great power conflict.
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The Idea of a China Arrest Warrant
Surrender of Fugitive Offenders between Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau
Yanhong Yin
A theoretical model for extradition between China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
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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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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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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’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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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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All That Glistens
Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain
Martin Thorley
An exposé of the secrets behind the Sino-British ‘golden age,' revealing a relationship built on Chinese government influence, corruption and global capitalism.
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Arsenal of Autocracy
Russia and China's Military Strategy in a Multipolar World
Alexandr Burilkov
An exploration of the military strategy and modernization of Russia and China post-2001.
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Breaking the Engagement
How China Won & Lost America
David Shambaugh
An explanation of why U.S.-China engagement has declined, and why the two countries have seen a sharp increase in tensions.
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China’s Spies
Beijing's Espionage Offensive
Nigel West
An argument that China's unseen espionage offensive is one of the most serious developments in recent times.
BuyUpcoming History Books
China’s Stealth Fighter
The J-20 'Mighty Dragon' and the Growing Challenge to Western Air Dominance
Abraham Abrams
The story of the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter.
Buy
Island Tinkerers
Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan's Computing Industry
Honghong Tinn
The story of how Taiwan rose to global prominence in high tech manufacturing, from computer maker to the world's leading chip manufacturer.
Buy
House of Huawei
The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
Eva Dou
The untold story of Huawei, the mysterious company that shook the world.
Buy
Sit, Cinderella, Sit
A Mostly True Story
Lisa Cheek
A memoir about a woman flew to rural China and edited a Cinderella story film.
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China Is Not Our Enemy
Jodie Evans, Mikaela Nhondo Erksog
An accessible history of China that examines its culture, current economic strategy and the outlook of the younger generation.
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A Century of Humiliation 1839-1949
The Exploitation of China
Andrew Hyde
An examination of China's "Century of Humiliation" and its long-lasting consequences.
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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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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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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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Environmental Foundations to the Rise of Early Civilisations in China
Yijie Zhuang
A study arguing that environmental conditions and subsistence adaptations are two of the engines driving the increased socioeconomic complexity and rise of civilizations in late prehistoric China.
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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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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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Gendered Memories
An Imaginary Museum for Ding Ling and Chinese Female Revolutionary Martyrs
Xian Wang
A collection of stories of Chinese female revolutionary martyrs told through a mixture of historiography and personal narratives.
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Jennie Hudson Taylor
An Adventurous Spirit, Courageous Faith and a Trailblazing Call to China
Marion Osgood
The untold story of the second wife of James Hudson Taylor and her extraordinary ministry with the China Inland Mission.
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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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The Politics of Sorrow
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
An account of Tibetan religious and political leaders who sought to protect Tibetan culture in exile.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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How Maoism Was Made
Reconstructing China, 1949-1965
Ed. Aaron William Moore
A history of the early years in China after 1949.
BuyUpcoming Society/Culture Books
Making Multiple Babies
Anticipatory Regimes of Assisted Reproduction
Chia-Ling Wu
An analysis of the anticipatory regimes of making multiple babies and the promotion of single embryo transfer, highlighting the making of the world's most lenient guidelines in Taiwan.
Buy
Chinese Characters across Asia
How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
Zev J. Handel
An analysis of the development, evolution, and proliferation of the Chinese written language.
Buy
Soy Sauce!
Laura G. Lee
A picture book for kids and foodies of all ages (with real soy sauce as paint) that celebrates the iconic kitchen staple and the magical way food connects family and friends across the world.
Buy
Crafting a Tibetan Terroir
Winemaking in Shangri-La
Brendan A. Galipeau
A look at how wine has transformed Tibetan land and lives.
Buy
Remixing Wong Kar-wai
Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics of Oblivion
Giorgio Biancorosso
An analysis of filmmaker Wong Kar-wai's practices.
Buy
Readings of the Gateless Barrier
Ed. Jimmy Yu
An account of how the Gateless Barrier, one of the most cherished texts of East Asian Buddhism, has been and continues to be practiced and lived in China, Korea, Japan and the West.
Buy
Chinese Astrology
Life, Love, and Luck in Twelve Animal Signs
Donna Stellhorn
An explanation of Chinese astrological signs and their applications.
Buy
Transformation of Ethical Ideas in Contemporary China
Xinzhong Yao, Shuihuan Wang
An examination of traditional Chinese ethics and their contemporary adaptations that stemmed from dialogue with global perspectives.
Buy
Chinese Dialectology
A Historical and Social Overview
Rujie You
An examination of the Chinese dialectic family; its history, philology, and analysis of dialects from both traditional Chinese, as well as modern sociolinguistic perspectives.
Buy
Contested Environmentalists
Trees and the Making of Modern China
Cheng Li
An exploration of the seemingly contradictory rhetoric and desires of Chinese conservation from the early twentieth century through to the present day, examining ethnic borderlands, the Beijing political center, and China's growth on the world stage.
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Passenger of Silence
My Quest for the Ancient Arts of China post-Cultural Revolution
Fabienne Verdier
An autobiographical travel journal telling the story of a foreigner determined to learn the secrets of Chinese painting in the early 1980s.
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Christianity and Education in Modern China
Eds. Man Kong Wong, George Kam Wah Mak
A close look at the effects of Christianity on contemporary Chinese education.
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The Extraordinary in the Mundane
Family and Forms of Community in China
Ed. Becky Yang Hsu
A cultural analysis, arguing that Chinese people prefer utilizing social ties, rather than formal organizations in problem solving.
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Khitan and Mongol Imperial Women in the Chinese Imagination
Ming Fantasies About Conquest Dynasty Harems
Olivia Milburn
A study and translation of two classic Chinese texts about the lives of Khitan and Mongol empresses and imperial consorts.
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Chinese Animation
Multiplicities in Motion
Eds. Daisy Yan Du, John A. Crespi, Yiman Wang
An edited volume that explores the multiple histories, geographies, industries, technologies, media, and transmedialities of Chinese animation.
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Satirical Tibet
The Politics of Humor in Contemporary Amdo
Timothy Thurston
A look at the powerful role humor plays in Tibetan life.
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A Reference Grammar of Jixi Hui
Wang Jian
A comprehensive grammar and description of a Hui language.
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Translating Nations
Culture, Soft Power, and the Belt and Road Initiative
Ye Tian
An examination of the ways in which translation studies can offer a conceptual framework for understanding and researching international affairs, drawing on examples from China's Belt and Road Initiative.
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Masculinity, Marriage, and Rural Men in Urban China
Modest Expectations
Sarah Gosper
An exploration of the relationship between three so-called "crises" facing Chinese society: a crisis of marriage, a crisis of masculinity and a crisis of mobility.
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Geographies of Gender
Family and Law in Imperial Japan and Colonial Taiwan
Tadashi Ishikawa
A look at perceptions and practices of gender in the Japanese empire on the occasion of Japan's colonization of Taiwan.
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Illustrated History of Chinese Art
Ting Chen
A comprehensive history of Chinese art with both illustrations and analysis.
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Ethnic Minority Cinema in China’s Nation-State Building
Kwai-Cheung Lo
An exploration of the interaction between Chinese ethnic minority cinema and the state, whose efforts to shape minority cinema have affected how ethnic minorities are perceived in modern China.
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Pro-Democracy Contention in Hong Kong
Relational Dynamics Between the Umbrella Movement and the Anti-Extradition Protests
Francis L F Lee
An analytical account of the relational dynamics linking the 2014 Umbrella Movement and the 2019 anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong.
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Surrealism from Paris to Shanghai
Lauren Walden
An introduction to Chinese Surrealism, using periodicals and other primary sources to reveal the mutual cultural influences between China and Western avant-garde, and broaden the scope of Surrealist studies beyond Eurocentric prisms.
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Across Time and Space
Re-visiting Twentieth-Century Chinese Oil Paintings
Ed. Shuo Hua
A collection of Chinese oil paintings capturing the development of the medium in China and its cultural importance.
BuyUpcoming Fiction Books
Elephant Herd
A Novel
Guixing Zhang (tr. Carlos Rojas)
A novel following a young Malaysian-Chinese man's journey upriver deep into the Sarawak rainforest of northwest Borneo in search of his uncle, the leader of a Communist guerilla group.
Buy
In the Face of Death We Are Equal
Mu Cao (tr. Scott E. Myers)
A magical realist novel that explores the exploitation of the young living in China's poor countryside.
Buy
Homeseeking
Karissa Chen
A tale of one couple across 60 years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland.
Buy
The Lotus Shoes
A Novel
Jane Yang
A tale of two women from opposite sides of Chinese society and their extraordinary journey of sisterhood, betrayal, love and triumph.
Buy
Dead Souls
Han Song (tr. Michael Berry)
The final installment in Han Song's Hospital trilogy, following Yang Wei's journey through a dystopian hospital system.
Buy
For now I am sitting here growing transparent
Yau Ching (tr. Chenxin Jiang)
A collection of poetry by the video artist and queer community organizer Yau Ching.
Buy
Taipei at Daybreak
Brian Hioe
A coming-of-age novel set among the social protests of the early 2010s in East Asia.
Buy
Mother River
Can Xue (tr. Karen Gernant, Chen Zeping)
A translated collection of 13 stories challenging our perceptions of time, identity, and existence.
Buy
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.
Buy
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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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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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 Red Wind Howls
Tsering Döndrup (Tr. Christopher Peacock)
A novel of Tibetan suffering under Mao era repression.
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