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According to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027 and will ascend to the position of world economic leader by 2050. But the full repercussions of China's ascendancy-for itself and the rest of the globe-have been surprisingly little explained or understood.

Wie konnte eine der ältesten Zivilisationen der Welt zu einem Staat werden, der heute weltweite Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zieht, zwischen jahrtausendealter Kultur und digitaler Vormachtstellung? Wer China verstehen will, braucht mehr als Schlagzeilen. „Geschichte Chinas" zeigt klar strukturiert, wie Dynastien, Revolutionen und Modernisierung eine der einflussreichsten Mächte der Gegenwart hervorbrachten.

From a top expert based in Beijing, a deeply reported account of China’s chokehold on rare earth metals and what it means for the future. Rare earth metals are essential for today’s most important technologies, from iPhones to artificial intelligence to advanced missiles. They are vital for...

This is a new translation of the ancient Confucian classic, the Xiào Jīng ("Classic of Filial Piety").

In 1271 a young Italian merchant named Marco Polo embarked on a groundbreaking expedition from Venice, through the Middle East and Central Asia to China. His extraordinary reports of his experiences introduced medieval Europe to an exotic new world of emperors and concubines, amazing cities, huge armies, unusual spices and cuisine, and imperial riches. Marco Polo also revealed the wonders of Xanadu, the summer capital of Mongol emperor Kublai Khan.

In The People's Republic of Amnesia, NPR correspondent Louisa Lim charts how the events of June 4 changed China, and how China changed the events of June 4 by rewriting its own history. Lim reveals new details about those fateful days, including how one of the country's most senior politicians lost a family member to an army bullet, as well as the inside story of the young soldiers sent to clear Tiananmen Square.

One of the most turbulent and romanticized eras in ancient Chinese history is that of the three kingdoms period. During the third century AD in China, warlords battled for supremacy. This turbulent and bloody era is known as the three kingdoms period. It's also one of the most romanticized eras in Chinese history; heroes and villains like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang have served has inspiration for poetry, novels, opera, and song in China.

This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China into a general war between the two oldest and proudest civilizations of the Far East. Ultimately, it led to Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. The Battle of Shanghai was a pivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world.

Over the past four decades, China's remarkable transformation has garnered admiration but also sparked concern. George Magnus draws on his intimate knowledge of this dynamic nation to uncover the origins of its ascent and show why the economic traps it faces at home and the political challenges it faces abroad pose a serious threat to its continued rise. 

For the first time in any modern language, a female scholar and translator reimagines The Art of War. Sun Tzu’s ancient book of strategy and psychology has as much to tell us today as when it was first written 2,500 years ago. In a world forever at odds, his rules for anticipating the motivations and strategies of our competitors never cease to inspire leaders of all kinds.

'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a 'princeling' to one...

A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises. “[A] pulsing debut . . . about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes...

A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia. 

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Paul French's Midnight in Peking, a gripping, true murder mystery story read by the actor Crawford Logan. Who killed Pamela Werner? On a frozen night in January 1937, in the dying days of colonial Peking, a body was found under the haunted...

ألّف الكاتب الصّيني سون تزو كتابَ «فن الحرب» وهو بمثابة إطروحة تعود إلى الثّقافة الصينيّة وتتعلّق بالمجال العسكري، وقد خطّ أطروحته هذه في القرن السادس قبل الميلاد. ويتكوّن من ثلاثة عشر فصلاً، يقدّم فيها تجربةً ثريّةً في تطوير الذّات، ويُعتبر من أهمّ مائة كتابٍ عبر التّاريخ.

Throughout human history, people have sought ways to invite fortune, protect themselves from misfortune, and create opportunities for success. From ancient rituals to everyday habits, luck has been at the heart of our hopes, dreams, and decisions. Across continents, cultures, and centuries, the desire to be “lucky” has inspired a fascinating variety of superstitions, charms, and rituals. Why Do People Believe in Luck? Belief in luck often arises from a need to make sense of uncertainty. Life is unpredictable, and many events, successes, failures, love, or wealth can feel beyond our control.

The Chinese Communist Party and their world dominion objective is the biggest enemy of religion and religious people around the world. China is at war with faith. It is a war they must not win. The future of the free world depends on it. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spends billions of dollars annually to either control or exterminate people of all faiths. It is a strategic imperative for them. Christians, Buddhist, Muslims, Falun Gong, and more are seen as a threat to the control of China and the world by the CCP. Three genocides are going on right now inside China.

A Bond Undone is the second audiobook in Jin Yong's epic Chinese classic and phenomenon Legends of Condor Heroes series, published in the US for the first time! In the Jin capital of Zhongdu, Guo Jing learns the truth of his father’s death and finds he is now betrothed, against his will, to...

Frontier opens with the story of Liujin, a young woman heading out on her own to create her own life in Pebble Town, a somewhat surreal place at the base of Snow Mountain where wolves roam the streets and certain enlightened individuals can see and enter a paradisaical garden. Exploring life in this city (or in the frontier) through the viewpoint of a dozen different characters, some simple, some profound, Can Xue's latest novel attempts to unify the grand opposites of life

Автор описывает историю Китая с древних времен и до наших дней, опираясь не только на известные научные факты и последние археологические открытия, но также на дошедшие до нас письма, в том числе эпохи династий Цинь и Тан, на личные дневники, на свидетельства ныне живущих людей, рассказывающих о прошлом на основании семейных документов и устных преданий. Благодаря этому многовековая история Китая предстает как история людей — живая, драматичная и захватывающая.