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China Books of The Year ๐
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China Books of The Year ๐
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๐ One book a day about China
๐ History, culture, fiction, science, politics, etc...
๐ All books out in 2024 or 2025
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- THE RISE OF MODERN CHINESE THOUGHT A sprawling intellectual history considered one of the most significant achievements of modern Chinese scholarship -- in English for the first time since publication nearly two decades ago. July 2023 @Harvard_Press hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isโฆ
- OK we've done 100 books: time for a quick recap! All titles published or coming this year. First topic... XI, POLITICS & POWER๐
- SLAVES OF THE EMPEROR How the Qing empire was built and held together by a single imperial elite: the more than two million members of the hereditary Eight Banner system. December 2023 @ColumbiaUP cup.columbia.edu/book/slaves-ofโฆ
- XIONGNU An attempt to raise the historic profile of the nomadic Xiongnu Empire, which dominated vast realms of Eurasia two thousand years ago, and left lasting geopolitical effects. January 2024 @NomadEmpires @OxUniPress global.oup.com/academic/produโฆ
- TOP CHINA BOOKS OF 2022 Okay, here we go. From sweeping literary survey and oral history to very contemporary fiction, Chinese coinage and a Xi bio. I'm very pleased with this end-year list. 1/15
- MAKING MAO'S STEELWORKS A history of the iconic Anshan Steel plant โ from Japanese colonialism through Mao to the post-socialist era. "An intimate portrayal of how modern China operates and adapts from ground up." August 2024 @hirako13 @CambridgeUP cambridge.org/core/books/makโฆ
- ZHOU ENLAI: A LIFE A major new portrait of Communist China's first premier and preeminent diplomat. Zhou's extraordinary political and bureaucratic skills blunted Mao's excesses and shaped the nation that emerged later. May 2024 @Harvard_Press hup.harvard.edu/books/97806746โฆ
- VICTORIOUS IN DEFEAT A critical biography of Chiang Kai-shek based on unpublished diaries and extensive, newly researched Russian files on the Nationalist leader and his party, friends and foes. March 2023 @yalepress yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030026โฆ
- THE LOGIC OF GOVERNANCE IN CHINA A sweeping analysis of the institutions and mechanisms of China's governance. Draws on a decade of fieldwork to offer a powerful explanation for diverse political phenomena. October 2022 @CambridgeUP cambridge.org/core/books/logโฆ
- DICTATORSHIP AND INFORMATION Shows how China and other single-party autocracies build sophisticated, often effective institutions to monitor public opinion and popular dissent -- and to maintain regime survival. January 2023 @OxUniPress global.oup.com/academic/produโฆ
- THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF XI JINPING Draws on Xi's own writings to explain his politics. Checks words against actions to judge what can be taken at face value, and whether Xi Jinping Thought is a state ideology. December 2023 @OliviaCheung_oc @OxUniPress global.oup.com/academic/produโฆ
- READING TOLKIEN IN CHINESE Examines translations of Tolkien's works to understand the Chinese treatment of key concepts in fantasy literature -- from gods, to immortality and fate. Brings fresh insights to the original works. April 2024 @BloomsburyPub bloomsbury.com/uk/reading-tolโฆ
- A selection of China books due for release in March ๐๐๐
