China | Asian History Books

The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong’s Quiet Philanthropist

March 22, 2015

Noel Croucher was a legend in his own time – a raconteur, yet a recluse, conventional yet eccentric, extremely rich yet mean to himself. Sale Price:$4,896.01 9622094732
King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong

March 22, 2015

Some periods in history are best illuminated by the stories of the people who lived through them. This is one such story ? the bizarre but true account of Peter Hui, a man involved with scandal, corruption, drugs, pirates, triads and colonial high society; who collaborated with the Japanese, spied on the Communists and fought […]
Impacts of Japanese Colonialism on State and Economic Development in Korea and Taiwan, and Its Implications for Democracy

March 22, 2015

Promoting democratization has taken the forefront of international diplomacy in ensuring world stability. Determining how best to promote democracy is challenging, and requires a keen understanding of a developing country’s history. Of particular importance is the country’s colonial legacy, and how this legacy continues after independence. This thesis examines the impact of the Japanese colonial […]
China-Taiwan Relations in a Global Context: Taiwan’s Foreign Policy and Relations (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

March 22, 2015

This book traces the development of Taiwan’s relations with its diplomatic partners and its policy towards the political opponents of its political opponent – mainland China. Paying particular attention to the powers that could exercise great influence in the future of East Asia, China-Taiwan Relations in a Global Context examines the main diplomatic strategies of […]
Sayonara to the Lee Teng-hui Era: Politics in Taiwan, 1988-2000

March 22, 2015

Sayonara to the Lee Teng-hui Era brings together the most prominent American, Taiwanese, and Chinese scholars in the field and addresses very crucial issues involved in Taiwan’s democratization. Sale Price:$58.00 0761825894
Crisis in the Taiwan Strait: implications for U.S. foreign policy : hearing before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, the Committee on … Congress, second session, March 14, 1996

March 22, 2015

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected […]
Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy

March 22, 2015

This book shows that Taiwan, unlike other countries, avoided serious economic disruption and social conflict, and arrived at its goal of multi-party competition with little blood shed. Nonetheless, this survey reveals that for those who imagine democracy to be the panacea for every social, economic and political ill, Taiwan’s continuing struggles against corruption, isolation and […]
Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

March 22, 2015

At seven years old, Martin Booth found himself with all of Hong Kong at his feet. His father was posted there in 1952, and this memoir is his telling of that youth, a time when he had access to the corners of a colony normally closed to a “Gweilo,” a “pale fellow” like him. His […]
Out of the Depths of Hell: A Soldier’s Story of Life and Death in Japanese Hands

March 22, 2015

While the Burma railway has been well chronicled, the hell of the Kinkisaki copper mine has not been revealed until now. John McEwan was a slave labourer, working naked in a Formosan copper mine which made the Chingi Gaol seem benign.’ Sale Price:$10.29 085052668X
Notes from the Other China – Adventures in Asia

March 22, 2015

Parfitt takes a look at Korea’s fever-pitch nationalism and gives an assessment of the worldÂ’s only Chinese democracy, has a run-in with a Nepalese rhinoceros – and one or two equally volatile Vietnamese tour guides – and ponders the actions and reactions of the people he meets. In these pages he shares his encounters with […]

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