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An East Asian renaissance : ideas for economic growth
China : its history and culture
The Classical gardens of Suzhou
The Columbia guide to modern Chinese history
Dreaming in Chinese : Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language
Dragon rising : an inside look at China today
India, China and globalization : the emerging superpowers and the future of economic development
The economic development of China
Life's matrix : a biography of water
Living with reform : China since 1989
Oracle bones : a journey between China's past and present China's place in the world is a hot topic right now, and one of the reasons is the conflict between its long history of tradition and its current economic whirlwind... Publishers Weekly says, "Everyone in the Western world should read this book."
Thirst : water and power in the ancient world
When a billion Chinese jump : how China will save mankind, or destroy it The author is the Asia environment correspondent for The Guardian.
A tiger's heart : the story of a modern Chinese woman
Republican Beijing: The City and Its History from ebrary.
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