After an episode of prejudice rocks her usually secure world, Mia hops a plane back to the country of her birth to search for details about her birth parents, and confront the feelings of abandonment
An astonishing, cautionary tale of how Westerner Mark Kitto built a successful media empire in China, creating and running 3 magazines, only to have the state take his business, and his livelihood, a
China is undergoing the biggest and fastest societal and economic change in human history. Driving this dizzying transformation is the idea of the "Chinese Dream," the promise that in the new China, a
In the distant future, Surplus arrives in China dressed as a Mongolian shaman, leading a yak which carries the corpse of his friend, Darger. The old high-tech world has long since collapsed, and the a
*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2014*2014年美國國家圖書獎 非虛構類大獎美國人最新中國指南,連歐巴馬都要買來看。作者請讀者買台灣版,他申明放棄簡體中文版,因為不願被中國閹割審查。 如果中國是另外一個宇宙,那麼它又為何如此?《紐約客》記者筆下的中國,為什麼和台灣人所見的中國不一樣?《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》《華盛頓郵報》、《經濟學人》、《商業周刊》……
Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalistWinner of the 2014 National Book Award in nonfiction. An Economist Best Book of 2014.A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a mo
*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2014*《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》《華盛頓郵報》、《經濟學人》、《商業周刊》……西方各大主流媒體及政治觀察家一致贊賞新浪、搜狐、南都周刊、外灘畫報、新周刊、人物周刊……中國主流媒體也紛紛評論連線採訪亞洲週刊、蘋果日報、中國時報、明報、風傳媒……港台媒體也討論歐逸文旋風 1996年,本書作者第一次到北京,這座城市讓他大跌眼鏡,
*The WINNER of the National Book Award for Nonfiction (榮獲國家圖書館獎) 2014年美國國家圖書獎 非虛構類大獎美國人最新中國指南,連歐巴馬都要買來看。作者請讀者買台灣版,他申明放棄簡體中文版,因為不願被中國閹割審查。 如果中國是另外一個宇宙,那麼它又為何如此?《紐約客》記者筆下的中國,為什麼和台灣人所見的中國不一樣?《紐約時報》、
榮獲2014美國國家圖書獎 (2014 National Book Awards Winner)A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformationFrom abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a
Canadians share a long history with China. Canada is home to a largeChinese diaspora, it appointed a trade commissioner to Shanghai over acentury ago, and it was one of the first Western nations to re
Meehan (history, U. of Regina, Canada) examines Canada's early relations with China, highlighting Canada's presence in Shanghai from the mid-nineteenth century to 1952, when it closed its consulate in
Huston Smith, the man who brought the world's religions to the West, was born almost a century ago to missionary parents in China during the perilous rise of the Communist Party. Smith's lifelong spir
Huston Smith, the man who brought the world's religions to the West, was born almost a century ago to missionary parents in China during the perilous rise of the Communist Party. Smith's lifelong spi
Chasing the Phoenix: a science fiction masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner Michael Swanwick!In the distant future, Surplus arrives in China dressed as a Mongolian shaman, leading a yak whic