And what does it mean for the rest of the world? In this compelling book, Elizabeth Economy reveals China’s ambitious new strategy to reclaim the country’s past glory and reshape the geostrategic landscape in dramatic new ways.
What Is China? offers an insider’s account that addresses sensitive problems of Chinese identity and shows how modern scholarship about China—whether conducted in China, East Asia, or the West—has attempted to make sense of the ...
This book is an urgent and timely call to action that should be read by economists, policymakers, the business community, and general readers alike.
The most public manifestation of the change in China's international position was the official visit made by the president of the US, Richard M. Nixon, to the PRC, the first visit made by a US president to the country that had been the ...
Following William's death in 1894, the Walters' collection of the arts of Asia would expand in new directions, ... see William R. Johnston, William and Henry Walters: The Reticent Collectors (Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1999).
One of the most requested titles in our critically acclaimed Traveler series, this beautiful guide makes the vast enigma of China accessible to every visitor.
This engaging book challenges the traditional notion that Japan was an isolated nation cut off from the outside world in the early modern era.
This book will be hated by the commissars, because it is a triumph of analysis and good sense." PAUL THEROUX "I sure wish I'd read this book before heading to China or Chinatown, for that matter.
The first comprehensive study of China's economic development across 3,000 years of history to be published in English.
This book explores the story's connections to the major traumas of the 20th century, and also considers why such stories remain unknown to outsiders.