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elsaees

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Q: What are the best China-related books?

Anything from politics, business to non-fiction or history.

14 years 28 weeks ago in Culture - China

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Njord

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Oh gosh there's a huge list of good books:

"China's Best Actor: Wen Jiabao"
"Big River, Big Sea — Untold Stories of 1949"
"La la la"
"Beijing Doll"
"Life and Death in Shanghai"
"Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China"
"Serve the People!: A Novel"

But you can't buy them on the mainland but they're available in HK!

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sunnyanna86

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There are so many of them! I've read a ton on Chinese business, politics, culture, and history. Here's a list of my favorites:

1. Out of Mao's Shadow
by Philip P. Pan

2. River Town, Oracle Bones, and Country Driving
all by Peter Hessler

3. Factory Girls
by Leslie T. Chang

4. When China Rules the World
by Martin Jacques

5. Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
both by Lisa See

6. China Road
by Rob Gifford

7. The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
by Richard McGregor

8. China Shakes the World
by James Kynge

9. China: A History
by John Keay

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coffaholic

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Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong
Red Dust by Ma Jian
The Good Women of China by Xin Ran

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mattaya

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I'd say that Jeet Kune Do book by Bruce Lee. His master was from Hong Kong named ip man and they made a movie about him. Bruce Lee was chinese so it's kinda china related since he did come from China.

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