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
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.
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China Sweet and Sour
Virginia Heslinga
A memoir from a volunteer for an NGO, Amity, about her time in China.
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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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Chinese Dough Figurines
Artistry at the Fingertips
Jie Liu
A collection of Liu Jie's works in dough figurine art.
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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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Voice for the Voiceless
Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People
Dalai Lama
A personal story from the Dalai Lama of his struggle with China to save Tibet and its people.
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The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel
Ssu ta ch'i-shu
Andrew H. Plaks
A reinterpretation of the "Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel."
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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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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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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 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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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 Kitchen God and His Wives
A Modern Chinese Folk Epic
Tr. Wilt L. Idema
A modern folk epic on the origin of the Stove God.
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New Developments in the Trilateral Relationship Between the United States, Taiwan, and China
Ed. Charles K.S. Wu, Yao-Yuan Yeh
An analysis of the three-way relationship between the U.S., Taiwan and China.
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Information War
How Artificial Intelligence is Driving U.S.-China Military Competition
Tom Stefanick
An analysis of the struggle to control information, and how that will be at the heart of a U.S.-China military competition.
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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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Green Superpowers
China, the European Union, and the United States in the Global Energy Transition
Andrea Prontera
A comparative analysis of the green foreign energy policies and green power strategies of the three main international actors in the global energy transition: China, the EU and the U.S.
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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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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.
BuyUpcoming Politics Books
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
The Judicial System of China
Xin He
A systemic study of Chinese courts after Xi Jinping took power and reformed its judiciary.
Buy
China’s Cultural Soft Power
Deding Liu
A deep dive into how China is shaping its global image and influence through cultural strategies.
Buy
New Developments in the Trilateral Relationship Between the United States, Taiwan, and China
Ed. Charles K.S. Wu, Yao-Yuan Yeh
An analysis of the three-way relationship between the U.S., Taiwan and China.
Buy
Information War
How Artificial Intelligence is Driving U.S.-China Military Competition
Tom Stefanick
An analysis of the struggle to control information, and how that will be at the heart of a U.S.-China military competition.
Buy
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.
Buy
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.
Buy
Green Superpowers
China, the European Union, and the United States in the Global Energy Transition
Andrea Prontera
A comparative analysis of the green foreign energy policies and green power strategies of the three main international actors in the global energy transition: China, the EU and the U.S.
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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 High-Tech Repression Against Uyghurs
Novel Theoretical Insights
Lacin Idil Oztig, Abdurresit Celil Karluk
An exploration of the socio-spatial impacts of China's high-tech repression against Uyghurs both within and beyond its borders.
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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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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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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.
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Comparing Socialist Approaches
Economics and Social Security in Cuba, China, and Vietnam
Carmelo Mesa-Lago
An analysis of two main socialist models across Cuba, China, and Vietnam.
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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.
BuyUpcoming History Books
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.
Buy
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.
Buy
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.
Buy
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.
Buy
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.
Buy
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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Maoism with Italian Characteristics
China's Global Influence and the Italian Left, 1956-1976
Marco Gabbas, Lorenzo M. Capisani
A historical study investigating why Mao's thought took root in Italy, how it developed, and its emergence in opposition to the Italian Communist Party.
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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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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.
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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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Inside Chinese Theater
Community and Artistry in Nineteenth-Century California and Beyond
Nancy Yunhwa Rao
A history of the early decades of Chinese opera in America.
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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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Recasting the Past
The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 110-1900
Pengliang Lu
A reappraisal of the often-overlooked Chinese bronzes made from the 12th through 19th centuries, demonstrating their profound impact on Chinese art and culture.
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Chinese Toggles
Culture in Miniature
Eds. Shuxia Chen, Min-Jung Kim
An introduction to the cultural artifact of the Chinese belt toggle, known as zhuizi.
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In the Global Vanguard
Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan
James Lin
A look at the history and impact of the "Taiwan model" of agrarian development.
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Staging China
Jesuit Theater and the End of an Empire
Anthony E. Clark
A monograph study of Jesuit religious theater in China and its connections to the commemoration of the Society's martyrs of the late Qing.
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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.
BuyUpcoming Society/Culture Books
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.
Buy
China Sweet and Sour
Virginia Heslinga
A memoir from a volunteer for an NGO, Amity, about her time in China.
Buy
Chinese Dough Figurines
Artistry at the Fingertips
Jie Liu
A collection of Liu Jie's works in dough figurine art.
Buy
Voice for the Voiceless
Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People
Dalai Lama
A personal story from the Dalai Lama of his struggle with China to save Tibet and its people.
Buy
The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel
Ssu ta ch'i-shu
Andrew H. Plaks
A reinterpretation of the "Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel."
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 Kitchen God and His Wives
A Modern Chinese Folk Epic
Tr. Wilt L. Idema
A modern folk epic on the origin of the Stove God.
Buy
Let Only Red Flowers Bloom
Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China
Emily Feng
An investigation into the battle over identity in China, chronicling the state oppression of those who fail to conform to Xi Jinping's definition of who is "Chinese," from an award-winning NPR correspondent.
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Salt Sugar MSG
Recipes and Stories from a Cantonese American Home
Calvin Eng, Phoebe Melnick
An introduction to Cantonese cooking from the chef behind the Brooklyn restaurant Bonnie's.
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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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Chinese Thirdspace
The Paradox of Moderate Politics, 1946-2020
Jianmei Liu
A look at how a diverse set of Chinese intellectuals carved out in-between spaces beyond the poles of competing ideologies for greater openness, multiplicity, and pluralism.
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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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The Construction of Value Philosophy in Contemporary China
Deshun Li (tr. Linan Tian, Ming Wang)
An approach to humanism in the new era in China by discussing the nature of value philosophy and the significance of value research for China's modernization and future development.
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Identity, Mutiplicity, and Resistance in Taiwanese Poetry
Ed. Wen-chi Li
A look at how Taiwanese poets conceptualize their identities, employing multiple voices to challenge political hegemony and re-evaluate Taiwan's colonial legacy and nationalism.
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Twenty Years of China’s Ageing Society
Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects
Eds. Peng Du, Weilin Liu
An in-depth study of the ageing problem in China from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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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 Making of China’s Working Class
A World to Lose
Marc Blecher
An analysis of development of the urban working class in China.
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Peony Lantern Tales
Ghostly Encounters in the Early Modern Sinosphere
Fumiko Joo
An analysis and history of "The Story of the Peony Lantern" by Chinese author Qu You (1347-1433).
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The Guide to Chinese Cooking
A Journey Through China's Favorite Dishes
Handa Cheng
A guide to the different culinary regions of China and their dishes.
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A Cure for Chaos
Mencius, Brian Bruya (author & translator)
A graphic version of the stories and teachings of the Chinese philosopher Mencius.
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Nothing Serious Can Happen Here
Photographs from Macau
Adam Lampton, Tim Simpson, Laura Pecoroni
A photographic depiction of Macau's transformation from a historical city to a phantasmagorical dreamscape.
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The Time Inheritors
How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility
Cora Lingling Xu
An argument that intergenerational transfers of privilege or deprivation are manifested in and through time.
BuyUpcoming Fiction Books
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.
Buy
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.
Buy
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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Big Enough
Regina Linke
An illustrated picture book about a little boy who learns he is big enough to do big things.
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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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Pork Fluff
Tiffany Hsieh
A prose poetry collection that explores the speaker's experience and reflection as an immigrant from Taiwan in Canada.
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Powerful Like a Dragon
Christopher Cheng (illus. Jacqueline Tam)
A children's picture book based on the author's true family story during the Imperial Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941.
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Under Fishbone Clouds
A Novel
Sam Meekings
A novel of romance and family saga that journeys through Chinese history, myth and culture.
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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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