Pierre Gentelle has written this book for a student readership of candidates in France’s qualifying examinations for teachers of history and geography, the CAPES and…

It is ten years since the Chinese original of The Mountain of the Soul, Lingshan was first published. It had been written, partly in Peking,…

Waiting is a well-titled book. It is the story of Lin Kong, who waits for eighteen years to divorce his wife and marry his girlfriend…

The astonishing advances made by the Communist International in China between 1921 and 1926, followed by the catastrophe that afflicted the Chinese communists in April-July…

Usually it is better not to criticise an author’s first publication too harshly. It is preferable to pass it over in silence, and let him…

This collection of articles edited and compiled by Deborah Davis, deals with the development of the consumer market in China, and fills a large gap…

In Germany, Taiwan has for a long time been the poor relation in terms of research on China (1). The appearance of these two works…

Several recent books on Hong Kong have precisely identified the main factors that, during the 1970s, led to the emergence of a real Hong Kong…

These stories by Xu Xing tell of the struggle that the modern individual wages against a society that increasingly demands conformity. His characters exist on…

This book has been put together by well-informed observers who, over several years, have followed developments in Asia. It has several strengths. Unlike many other…