books by Sun Shuyun

books by Sun Shuyun

books:

Sun Shuyun

The Long March
Sun Shuyun

Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2008

Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud

Sun Shuyun

HarperPerennial, 2004

Fresh
These days, it's only too common for us to read books about Chinese who had a hard time living under Mao's reign in China. After a while, everything became a cliche and it became all too difficult to have empathy for them somewhat. This book was a bit like that but ...

The Beginnings of Metallurgy in China (Chinese Studies)

Edwin Mellen Press, 2000

This text covers the early experimentation with metals and alloys and on production of metal artifacts which helps to understand the emergence of early Chinese civilization. The materials presented here should alter the view that Chinese society developed in a vacuum and that dynastic China was the exclusive making of local cultures in the Yellow ...

The Long March: The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth

Sun Shuyun

Anchor, 2008

A historical "must read" about China
I've long been fascinated by the Chinese and their history, so the opportunity to read Sun Shuyun's account of the 1934 Long March was intriguing. The author graduated from Beijing University, and is a filmmaker and television producer. When one thinks of the Long ...

The Long March
Sun Shuyun

Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2007

A Year in Tibet
Sun Shuyun

HarperPress, 2008

The Long March (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)
Sun Shuyun

Playaway, 2008

Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March. In 1934, the fledgling Communist Party and its 200,000 strong armies were forced out of their bases by Chiang Kaishek and his National troops. Walking more than 10,000 miles over mountains, grassland and swamps, they suffered appalling casualties and ended up in the ...