A (mostly) fun introduction to (mostly) Modern China

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Red Star Over China

by Edgar Snow

The iconic history of the Chinese Communist leaders who forever changed the course of China The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese …
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Wild Swans

by Jung Chang

Memoir of three Chinese women, Jung Chang, her mother, and her grandmother in twentieth-century China.
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Dream of the Red Chamber

by Cao Xueqin(曹雪芹)

The Chia family experiences a decline in fortune during the Ch'ing dynasty.
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To Live

by Yu Hua

Originally banned in China but later named one of that nation’s most influential books, a searing novel that portrays one man’s transformation from the spoiled …
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River Town

by Peter Hessler

Records the author's experiences as a Peace Corps English teacher in the small Chinese city of Fuling, during which time he witnessed such events as …
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Death of a Red Heroine

by Qiu Xiaolong

Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young “national model worker,” renowned for her adherence to the principles of …
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