When the Qing dynasty fell in 1912, some Chinese saw it primarily as the return to Han
Chinese rule and the end of Manchu dominance: this was just and therefore a return to …

The history of the People's Republic, according to the dominant narrative, falls into two
broad sections: the turbulent decades dominated by Mao Zedong, the founder of" New …

A new society and economy has blossomed in post-Mao China, but an old state holds it
back. The Chinese dynastic state's blend of idealism and realism, attachment to doctrine …

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when
the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that …

This is a book of China's own political narrative written by one of China's leading and best-
known thinkers. It is the last part of the author's' China Trilogy', which is a best-seller in …

In the words of Hua Kuo-feng, Mao's successor as Chairman of the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP), 1976 was indeed'A most extra-ordinary year* for China. 1 Three of China's …

" Clements' spare prose, bad-boy wit and encyclopedic knowledge of Asian facts, gossip
and trivia put paid to any misgivings about uttering'history'and'page-turner'in the same …

It is China's sheer size. It is also the age old traditions and customs, which evoke a curious
blend of disdain, admiration, and awe. And it is the dictatorship, in which events provide a …