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Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Announcing an exciting new collaboration.

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Books for Remembering the Past

Alec Ash — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Chinese memories of the Cultural Revolution top our reviewer's latest top reads.

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Books for China’s Interesting Times

Alec Ash — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

A round up of the best new China books.

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Books for the Xi Jinping Era

Alec Ash — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 23:00:00 +0000

China's surveillance, spies and unfortunate overreach.

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Books for the WeChat Era

Alec Ash — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:00:00 +0000

Topping the books list this month are two titles focused on the ‘super app,’ used by 1.3 billion people.

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Books for the Year of Xi Jinping

Alec Ash — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:00:00 +0000

Reading up on Xi Jinping's past so as to be prepared for the future.

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Getting China Right

Alec Ash — Sun, 01 May 2022 23:00:24 +0000

The best new books on how to manage the U.S.-China competition, as well as titles on Chinese literature and even cooking.

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Books for the New Reality

Alec Ash — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

While 2008 seems a long time ago, these books connect China’s two Olympics as part of a broader narrative.

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Rewriting China’s History

Alec Ash — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:00:54 +0000

The best new books on China.

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Books for the ‘Red New Deal’

Alec Ash — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:00:00 +0000

The most essential China books from the last two months that add much-needed depth to the headlines.

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Books for One Hundred Years

Alec Ash — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 23:00:00 +0000

A spate of new books has come out to mark the CCP's centennial. These are the ones worth reading.

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China’s 21st Century Strategy

Alec Ash — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Books that tackle the big issues: geopolitics, Party politics, anti-trust law, and grand strategy.

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Books for a Modern Rivalry

Alec Ash — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 23:15:00 +0000

In an era when war is waged in terms of information more than direct attacks, having the right books on your shelf is a powerful protective arsenal.

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China Books for the New Year

Alec Ash — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:05:30 +0000

With fiction and personal narratives that speak to the larger themes.

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The Long and Short of Chinese History

Alec Ash — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:04 +0000

And a new book that gets it just right.

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China Books for a New President

Alec Ash — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 00:00:10 +0000

Making sense of the many challenges Biden faces.

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Neighborhood Watch

Alec Ash — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Books to understand the alliances and strategies that Asian nations form to deal with — or profit from — China’s growing clout.

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History is What China Makes of It

Alec Ash — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:00:11 +0000

Understanding the Chinese perspective on their own history.

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The Moral Cost of Development

Alec Ash — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Listening to the voices China tries to silence.

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Books to Bridge the Gap

Alec Ash — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 23:00:00 +0000

With U.S.-China relations at a new low point, it is essential to read up on Chinese history, society and politics.

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Reading When Everything Has Changed

Alec Ash — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 23:00:57 +0000

Book recommendations for our swift-changing times, including the first on-the-ground account of life in Wuhan during the lockdown.

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Making Revolution

The Wire — Sun, 17 May 2020 23:00:46 +0000

Harvard's Tony Saich uncovers new details about the rise of the Chinese Communist Party and the role of a Dutchman.

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Making Sense of the Multipolar World

Alec Ash — Sun, 10 May 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Sure, dozens of op-ed columns address it every day, but to really understand the changes already underway, you need a good book.

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The Silent Traveller in New York

Michael Meyer — Sun, 03 May 2020 23:00:00 +0000

The midcentury travel writings of Chiang Yee detail an Easterner’s perspective of the West.

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Essential New Reading on China

Alec Ash — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the Books Wire — our monthly page bringing you a smorgasbord of essential new reads on China.

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