20 Best Books On China (2023 Update)

This work presents the results of a monumental study of diet and death rates from cancer in more than 6,500 adults across china and taiwan and explains the study's significance and what it reveals about the implications of poor nutrition. while revealing that proper nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these ailments as well as obesity, this text calls into question the practices of many of the current dietary programs, such as the atkins diet, that enjoy widespread popularity in the west. the impact of the politics of nutrition and the efforts of special interest groups on the creation and dissemination of public information on nutrition are also discussed.

Publishers weekly bestsellerindulge in the revised and expanded edition of the bestselling china study cookbook—with more than 175 mouthwatering recipes and stunning all-new photography with 2 million copies sold, the china study has been hailed as one of the most important health and nutrition books ever published. it reveals that a whole foods, plant-based diet is the best way to stop widespread growth of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. this new edition of the bestselling china study cookbook puts the groundbreaking scientific findings of the china study on your plate. written by leanne campbell, daughter of the china study coauthor t. colin campbell, the china study cookbook is now expanded to feature even more delicious, easy-to-prepare plant-based recipes—with no added fat and minimal sugar and salt. all of leanne's recipes follow three important principles: 1) optimal nutrition is based on eating foods, not taking supplements; 2) the closer foods are to their native states when eaten, the greater their long-term health benefits; and 3) choosing locally grown organic produce whenever possible maximizes nutritional value. inside, discover time-tested favorites and brand-new dishes: – almond-topped blueberry coffee cake – ensalada azteca – green banana cassava soup – peanut butter bars – cassava (yuca) con cebollas – black bean chipotle burgers – sweet potato enchiladas – passion fruit bliss cheese(less) cake delightleanne invites you into her kitchen to share the recipes she uses to nourish her own family. she also offers a look inside her organization, global roots, which strives to create sustainable communities around the globe through whole foods, plant-based eating. filled with tips on substitutions and keeping foods nutrient-rich, the china study cookbook shows you how to transform your health and the health of your entire family—along with contributing to the health of your community and the world—all while enjoying incredible meals.

The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives the science is clear. the results are unmistakable. you can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetesjust by changing your diet. more than 30 years ago, nutrition researcher t. colin campbell and his team at cornell, in partnership with teams in china and england, embarked upon the china study, the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease. what they found when combined with findings in colin’s laboratory, opened their eyes to the dangers of a diet high in animal protein and the unparalleled health benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet. in 2005, colin and his son tom, now a physician, shared those findings with the world inthe china study, hailed as one of the most important books about diet and health ever written. the china study—revised and expanded editionpresents a clear and concise message of hope as it dispels a multitude of health myths and misinformation. the basic message is clear. the key to a long, healthy life lies in three things: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Spence is george burton adams professor of history at yale university and author of eight acclaimed books on china. here he has written a very readable history of this fascinating country. "to understand . . . china's past there is no better place to start than jonathan d. spences excellent new book".–the new york times book review front page review. 136 pages of photographs.

Ancient china is a guide to the history of the great chinese empire. find about the great chinese empire and about their glory days. get to know about the origin of acupuncture technique and everything associated to china. author name: arthur cotterell. no. of pages: 72 pages. publisher: dk children. publishing date: september 5, 2005. language: english.isbn -10: 0756613825. isbn -13: 978-0756613822. ancient china – a guide to learn about the modern chinese culture and the history of the great china.

John king fairbank was the west's doyen on china, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. it remains a masterwork without parallel. the distinguished historian merle goldman brings the book up to date, covering reforms in the post-mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of hu jintao. she also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary china that will shape the nation in the years to come.

Evoking gatherings of royalty, diplomats, politicians and celebrities at the white house, this volume depicts more than 200 years of china and porcelains purchased for presidential entertaining. from george washington's personal selection of french and chinese porcelains to the gold-encrusted american china used for more recent state dinners, the book shows trends in taste and culture that reflect both personal and national aspirations. the second edition includes essays by white house curators that provide information on pieces acquired since 1975.

Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people. china defines itself in terms of history. taking into account the country's voluminous tradition of history writing, john keay has composed an illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past. keay's history examines 5,000 years in china, from the time of the three dynasties through chairman mao and the current economic transformation of the country.

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 communist leaders in 1936, edgar snow came away with the first authorized account of mao's life, as well as a history of the famous long march and the men and women who were responsible for the chinese revolution. out of that experience came red star over china, a classic work that remains one of the most important books ever written about the birth of the communist movement in china. this edition includes extensive notes on military and political developments in china, further interviews with mao tse-tung, a chronology covering 125 years of chinese revolution, and nearly a hundred detailed biographies of the men and women who were instrumental in making china what it is today.

“the book china doesn’t want you to read.” —cnn​ selected as a best book of the year by the economist and financial times this “powerful and disturbing” (bill browder, author of red notice) new york times bestseller is narrated by a man who, with his wife, whitney duan, rose to the top levels of power and wealth—and then fell out of favor. whitney had been disappeared four years before, but this book led to her dramatic reemergence.as desmond shum was growing up impoverished in china, he vowed his life would be different. through hard work and sheer tenacity he earned an american college degree and returned to his native country to establish himself in business. there, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious whitney duan who was determined to make her mark within china’s male-dominated society. whitney and desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of china’s communist party, the so-called red aristocracy, he vaulted into china’s billionaire class. soon they were developing the massive air cargo facility at beijing international airport, and they followed that feat with the creation of one of beijing’s premier hotels. they were dazzlingly successful, traveling in private jets, funding multi-million-dollar buildings and endowments, and purchasing expensive homes, vehicles, and art. but in 2017, their fates diverged irrevocably when desmond, while residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife whitney had vanished along with three coworkers. this vivid, explosive memoir shows “how the chinese government keeps business in line—and what happens when businesspeople overstep” (the new york times) and is a “singular, highly readable insider account of the most secretive of global powers” (the spectator).

China's rise as the world's second-largest economy surely is the most dramatic development in the global economy since the year 2000. but china's prominence in the global economy is hardly new. since 500 bce, a dynamic market economy and the establishment of an enduring imperial state fostered precocious economic growth. yet chinese society and government featured distinctive institutions that generated unique patterns of economic development. the six chapters of part i of this volume trace the forms of livelihood, organization of production and exchange, the role of the state in economic development, the evolution of market institutions, and the emergence of trans-eurasian trade from antiquity to 1000 ce. part ii, in twelve thematic chapters, spans the late imperial period from 1000 to 1800 and surveys diverse fields of economic history, including environment, demography, rural and urban development, factor markets, law, money, finance, philosophy, political economy, foreign trade, human capital, and living standards.

A most-anticipated book of the year: newsweek * refinery29 “timely and urgent . . . pang is a dogged investigator.” —the new york times book review“moving and powerful.” —chris hedges, pulitzer prize–winning journalist and author discover the truth behind the discounts in 2012, an oregon mother named julie keith opened up a package of halloween decorations. the cheap foam headstones had been five dollars at kmart, too good a deal to pass up. but when she opened the box, something shocking fell out: an sos letter, handwritten in broken english. “sir: if you occassionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the world human right organization. thousands people here who are under the persicuton of the chinese communist party government will thank and remember you forever.” the note’s author, sun yi, was a mild-mannered chinese engineer turned political prisoner, forced into grueling labor for campaigning for the freedom to join a forbidden meditation movement. he was imprisoned alongside petty criminals, civil rights activists, and tens of thousands of others the chinese government had decided to “reeducate,” carving foam gravestones and stitching clothing for more than fifteen hours a day. in made in china, investigative journalist amelia pang pulls back the curtain on sun’s story and the stories of others like him, including the persecuted uyghur minority group whose abuse and exploitation is rapidly gathering steam. what she reveals is a closely guarded network of laogai—forced labor camps—that power the rapid pace of american consumerism.

An economic and military superpower with 20 percent of the world’s population, china has the wherewithal to transform the international system. xi jinping’s bold calls for china to “lead in the reform of the global governance system” suggest that he has just such an ambition. but how does he plan to realize it? 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. xi’s vision is one of chinese centrality on the global stage, in which the mainland has realized its sovereignty claims over hong kong, taiwan, and the south china sea, deepened its global political, economic, and security reach through its grand-scale belt and road initiative, and used its leadership in the united nations and other institutions to align international norms and values, particularly around human rights, with those of china. it is a world radically different from that of today. the international community needs to understand and respond to the great risks, as well as the potential opportunities, of a world rebuilt by china.

The story of hong kong and the rise of china in an era of globalisation, authoritarian power and democratic defiance. – the recent protests and crackdown in hong kong shook the world. a prosperous city with its freedoms enshrined by international treaties and conventions, hong kong is a unique part of the people's republic of china. its passage from a british colony to chinese rule was a joint diplomaticaccomplishment. but since then its people have struggled for democracy against dictatorship. in the gate and the wall, michael sheridan, who served for two decades as a foreign correspondent in asia, provides a vivid modern history of hong kong from china's break with maoism in 1977–its first steptowards economic superpower status — to the present. – hong kong stood astride two of the most important events in modern world history; the rise of china and the economic transformation of east asia. its great port and chinese culture made it the natural gateway for china to reach a wider world after decades of self-imposed isolation. despite the symbiosis, it was an uneasy partnership. by the time the british left, hong kong had westernized in importantways, particularly in its politics. that set it upon repeated collision courses with a revived authoritarian china, determined to absorb the city into its own system. – sheridan draws new insights from chinese archives and memoirs as well as the papers of well-known british leaders — margaret thatcher and the last governor, chris patten — whose actions forged hong kong's destiny. he gives a voice to hong kong's people: its leaders, its tycoons, its hard-workingfamilies, and the young generation who made the fight for freedom a cause that resounds far beyond the south china sea. more broadly, the gate and the wall illuminates how economic globalization and the competing trends of democracy and dictatorship are shaping one of the world's most importantregions.

A single volume history of china, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today.michael wood has travelled the length and breadth of china, the world’s oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.after a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, china has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the world’s second largest economy. but how did it become so dominant? the story of china takes a fresh look at the middle kingdom in the light of the recent massive changes inside the country. taking into account exciting new archeological discoveries, the book begins with china’s prehistory—the early dynasties, the origins of the chinese state, and the roots of chinese culture in the age of confucius. wood looks at particular periods and themes that are now being reevaluated by historians, such as the renaissance of the song with its brilliant scientific discoveries. he paints a vibrant picture of the qing empire in the 18th century, just before the european impact, a time when china’s rich and diverse culture was at its height. then, wood explores the encounter with the west, the opium wars, the clashes with the british, and the extraordinarily rich debates in the late 19th century that pushed china along the path to modernity.finally, he provides a clear up-to-date account of post-1949 china, including revelations about the 1989 crisis based on newly leaked inside documents, and fresh insights into the new order of president xi jinping. all woven together with landscape history and the author’s own travel journals, the story of china is the indispensable book about the most intriguing and powerful country on the world stage today.

"since the founding of the communist party in china just over a century ago, there is much the country has achieved. but who does the heavy lifting in china? and who walks away with the spoils? cadre country places the spotlight on the nation's 40 million cadres, the managers and government officials employed by the ruling communist party to protect its great enterprise. this group has captured the culture and wealth of china, excluding the voices of the common citizens of this powerful and diverse country. award-winning historian john fitzgerald focuses on the stories the communist party tells about itself, exploring how china works as an authoritarian state and revealing beijing's monumental propaganda productions as a fragile edifice built on questionable assumptions. cadre country is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the workings of the chinese communist party and the limits of its achievements"–publisher's description.

"since the founding of the communist party in china just over a century ago, there is much the country has achieved. but who does the heavy lifting in china? and who walks away with the spoils? cadre country places the spotlight on the nation's 40 million cadres, the managers and government officials employed by the ruling communist party to protect its great enterprise. this group has captured the culture and wealth of china, excluding the voices of the common citizens of this powerful and diverse country. award-winning historian john fitzgerald focuses on the stories the communist party tells about itself, exploring how china works as an authoritarian state and revealing beijing's monumental propaganda productions as a fragile edifice built on questionable assumptions. cadre country is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the workings of the chinese communist party and the limits of its achievements"–publisher's description.

A practical and accessible guide to an ancient but rapidly changing culture—now revised and updated perfect for business, pleasure, or armchair travelers, china a to z explains the customs, culture, and etiquette essential for any trip or for anyone wanting to understand this complex country. in one hundred brief, reader-friendly essays alphabetized by subject, this fully revised and updated edition provides a crash course in the etiquette and politics of contemporary china as well as the nation’s geography and venerable history. in it, readers will discover: · how the recently selected president and his advisors approach global relations· why china is considered the fastest growing market for fashion and luxury goods· what you should bring when visiting a chinese household· what’s hot in chinese art· how recent scandals impact chinese society from architecture and body language to confucianism and feng shui, china a to z offers accessible and authoritative information about china.

The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives – the science is clear. the results are unmistakable. – you can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet. – more than 30 years ago, nutrition researcher t. colin campbell and his team at cornell, in partnership with teams in china and england, embarked upon the china study, the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease. what they found when combined with findings in colin’s laboratory, opened their eyes to the dangers of a diet high in animal protein and the unparalleled health benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet. – in 2005, colin and his son tom, now a physician, shared those findings with the world in the china study, hailed as one of the most important books about diet and health ever written. – the china study—revised and expanded edition presents a clear and concise message of hope as it dispels a multitude of health myths and misinformation. the basic message is clear. the key to a long, healthy life lies in three things: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Lonely planet the world's leading travel guide publisher lonely planet discover china is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. pass through the gate of supreme harmony in beijing's forbidden city, hike along the great wall, or slurp up wonton soup amid shanghai's neon lights; all with your trusted travel companion. discover the best of china and begin your journey now! inside lonely planet discover china full-colour maps and images throughout highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots essential info at your fingertips – including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices honest reviews for all budgets – including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience – including customs, history, art, literature, architecture, religion, landscapes, cuisine free, convenient pull-out beijing map (included in print version), plus over 60 colour local maps coverage of beijing, the great wall, xian, the north, shanghai, yangzi region, hong kong, the south, yunnan, sichuan, the silk road and more the perfect choice: lonely planet discover china , our easy-to-use guide, is perfect for travellers who seek the most popular attractions a destination has to offer. filled with inspiring and colourful photos, this guide focuses on the best of the best. looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends a wide range of experiences, both popular and offbeat, and extensively covers all the country has to offer? looking for a guide for hong kong, beijing, or shanghai? authors: written and researched by lonely planet, damian harper, piera chen, chung wah chow, megan eaves, david eimer, tienlon ho, robert kelly, shawn low, emily matchar, bradley mayhew, daniel mccrohan, dai min, phillip tang. about lonely planet: started in 1973, lonely planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. lonely planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.