The institution of the Xinjiang Class (neidi Xinjiang gaozhongban 內地新疆高中班) was introduced in China in 2000. Based on the Tibetan model (neidi Xizang gaozhongban 內地西藏高中班),…

I only met Gao Hua once, a few years before his premature death, and it was not an occasion for asking questions. By that time,…

In Education and Society in Post-Mao China, Vickers and Zeng present readers with a well-researched and thorough overview of the post-Mao era education system, paying…

Miriam Driessen’s Tales of Hope, Tastes of Bitterness: Chinese Road Builders in Ethiopia offers a nuanced ethnography of the actors involved in a road construction…

From her 1999 benchmark book Contesting Citizenship in Urban China, States’ Gains, Labor Losses (2009), to Socialism Vanquished, Socialism Challenged (2012), Dorothy Solinger has relentlessly…

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Luke Robinson Who am I? This simple question was the catalyst for Kiki Tianqi Yu’s first book. Compelled to reflect on…

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Jérémy Cheval Over the past three decades, Chinese cities have undergone transformations on a scale inviting attention from international experts in…

Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. Zhe Ji Taiwan is a heaven of religions, for both practitioners and scholars. The island, separated from the mainland since the…

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. Katy N. Lam “Is China the new colonial power in Africa?” is an often-asked question and attention-catching headline….

Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Jessica Yeung This book is the second volume in the book series Sinotheory. The series publishes theoretical writings about China…