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China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America
James Kynge
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
A Startling Preview of the Emerging China
+ As China goes, so goes the world?
+ Great Book On China's Economic Miracle
+ great book
+ Good perspective on China in relation to the world
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The Story of Qiu Ju
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu
Sony Pictures, 2006
The justice is blind but, from time to time, opens its eyes!
+ A Glimpse of Rural China
+ Sometimes you get what you wanted...
+ "The Story of Qui Ju" Tells of Driven Justice
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Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China
Rachel DeWoskin
W. W. Norton, 2006
loved this book
+ Delightful
+ an addictive read
Just riotously funny. What a fantastic read. So much smarter than most "girl" memoirs. I actually couldn't put this one down.
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Empire of the Sun
Hiro Arai, Christian Bale
Warner Home Video, 2001
An outstanding achievement
+ Remember, We're British
+ HARD TO FIND STUFF
+ An Interesting and Inspiring Bit of History
+ Empire of the Sun, a drama of a boy's survival in WW II
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Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan
Jonathan Manthorpe
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Inconsistent focus but enjoyable read
+ Concise History of Taiwan
+ Excellent book
+ Brisk History of Taiwan
+ Solid History
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Monkey: Folk Novel of China
Wu Ch'eng-en
Grove Press, 1994
For All Ages
+ Chinese Equivalent of Grimm's Fairy Tales
+ Beware of printer error
+ Everything old is new again
+ Please read Monkey carefully
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.)
Peter Hessler
Harper Perennial, 2007
An Amazing Book
+ Oracle Bones
+ Cannot Recommend This Book Highly Enough
+ An Honest View of Today's China
+ hard to put it down
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)
Peter Hessler
Harper Perennial, 2006
The Adventure of an American in China
+ River Town
+ A fast and engaging read
+ Easy, Interesting Read
+ Simply delicious
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To Live (MGM World Films)
Gong Li, Niu Ben
MGM (Video & DVD), 2007
To Live, Huozhe - The Chinese Gone With The Wind
+ A different view of a different life.
+ On the edge of my seat!
+ A masterpiece
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Lust, Caution (Widescreen, NC-17- Rated Edition)
Focus Features, 2008
A Beautiful Film
+ Slow but worth it
+ A good, but not great film for Ang Lee
+ Imaginary love story
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The Last Emperor - Director's Cut
John Lone, Joan Chen
Live / Artisan, 1999
The Twilight of the Middle Kingdom
+ Buy this one!
+ Wait for the Criterion Editon!
+ The REAL DEAL!
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Mr. China: A Memoir
Tim Clissold, 2005
Never Mind the Business, Here's Chinese Culture
+ Great For Any Developing Country Direct Investor
+ Great description of the early days
+ Excellent snapshot of business in China
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The Man Who Stayed Behind
Sidney Rittenberg, Amanda Bennett
Duke University Press, 2001
A Hero by Failure
+ an exceptionally human look at the early PRC
+ An unbelievable story and man
+ One of the best China biographies out there
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China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
Rob Gifford
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
The Best Travel Essay on China Since Iron and Silk
+ Declan
+ From a reader in China
+ True through not flattering picture of China
+ Great balanced of view on China
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China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise
Susan L. Shirk
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
Subduing Bellicosity
+ Subtitle better suits the contents of the book
+ Impressively Truthful
As many others have intricately described the particular subjects that are adroitly dealt with in this book, I will spend my time touting one of its primary virtues.
China is oft portrayed as a monolithic power -- a Communist behemoth in the process of ascending to parity with the United States, ...
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