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Linda Wong, Lynn White et Gui Shixun (eds.), Social Policy Reform in Hong Kong and Shanghai. A Tale of Two Cities

This collective work edited by Linda Wong, Lynn White and Gui Shixun offers an excellent overview of the social policies of Shanghai and Hong Kong,…

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Zhao Suisheng, A Nation-State by Construction. Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism

Following a preliminary exposition dedicated to summarising the theoretical debates on the origin and nature of Chinese nationalism (Chapter 1), Zhao Suisheng sets out to…

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Xu Guoqi, China and The Great War. China’s Pursuit of a New National Identity and Internationalization

This work changes somewhat the vision that historians have provided to this day of China ‘s participation in the First World War. The sending to…

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Cong Cao, China’s Scientific Elite

This book is a synthesis of a doctoral thesis, which offers new research into the scientific elite of the People’s Republic. Taking as his subject…

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Hiroshi Sato, The Growth of Market Relations in Post-Reform Rural China. A micro-analysis of peasants, migrants and peasants entrepreneurs

Hiroshi Sato’s latest book, which focuses on rural China is a contribution to the debate taking place among specialists in transitology, the study of the…

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Elspeth Thomson, The Chinese Coal Industry: An Economic History

China is the world’s largest producer of coal, and coal remains the most important energy source for an economy that continues to grow at an…

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Ann Heylen, Chronique du Toumet-Ortos. Looking through the lens of Joseph Van Oost, missionary in Inner Mongolia (1915-1921)

The Leuven Chinese Studies series, published by the Leuven Institute for Sino-Mongol Studies (LISMS), has acquired, with its growing list of monographs, a reputation for…

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Marie Holzman, Chen Yan (eds.), Ecrits édifiants et curieux sur la Chine du XXIe siècle. Voyage à travers la pensée chinoise contemporaine

Giving French readers access to what the finest Chinese thinkers are writing about their own country: that is the aim of Ecrits édifiants et curieux…

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Richard C. Bush, At Cross Purposes. U.S.-Taiwan Relations Since 1942

Richard C. Bush, former Chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and staff member on the House International Relations Committee, has published an extraordinary…

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Robert L. Suettinger, Beyond Tiananmen. The Politics of US-China Relations 1989-2000

As an American diplomat once observed, the United States tended to “pull its punches” with respect to the repugnant actions of its authoritarian allies during…

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