New Book: Liu, Neo-Confucianism: Metaphysics, Mind, and Morality
Monday, 19.6.2017Vorstellung eines Buchs von Jee Loo Liu (warpweftandway.com).
Archiv für 'Sachbuch'
Welcome to the land of soft openings
Tuesday, 13.6.2017Andrew Batson über Ian Johnson’s The Souls Of China: The Return of Religion After Mao. Quelle: andrewbatson.com.
The Philosophy of the Mozi: The First Consequentialists
Wednesday, 10.5.2017Eirik Lang Harris bespricht ein Buch von Chris Fraser. Quelle: ndpr.nd.edu.
Laura Madokoro: Elusive Refuge
Monday, 8.5.2017Chinese Migrants in the Cold War. Buchvorstellung von Carla Nappi. Quelle: newbooksnetwork.com.
Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
Thursday, 30.3.2017Sam Crane bespricht ein Buch von Ian Johnson (The Useless Tree).
Transpacific Community: America, China, and the Rise and Fall of a Cultural Network
Monday, 30.1.2017“… writers as Agnes Smedley, Pearl Buck, Paul Robeson, Lin Yutang, Ding Ling, Liu Liangmo, Lao She, and Ida Puitt …” Carla Nappi stellt ein Buch von Richard Jean So vor. Quelle: newbooksnetwork.com.
Creative nonfiction is thriving
Saturday, 28.1.2017Telling true stories is a booming business in China Tabitha Speelman (supchina.com).
Yiwu, China: A Study of the World’s Largest Small Commodities Market
Monday, 23.1.2017Von Mark Jacobs. Quelle: Amazon/Verlagsinformation.
Quietly published in Hong Kong
Monday, 23.1.2017Historian’s [Yang Jisheng] Latest Book on Mao Turns Acclaim in China to Censure Von Chris Buckley (NYT).
How China played a part in first wave of globalisation, in the 16th century
Thursday, 12.1.2017“Globalisation is nothing new, say Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales in a book, The Silver Way, an excerpt from which reveals how a Pacific route to and from Spanish America made China an economic powerhouse 400 years ago.” Quelle: SCMP.
Recovering Buddhism in Modern China
Saturday, 24.12.2016Carla Nappi stellt ein Buch von Jan Kiely und J. Brooks Jessup vor. Quelle: newbooksnetwork.com.
Book review – Wartime Macau: Under the Japanese Shadow investigates the precarious freedom of a neutral enclave
Saturday, 24.12.2016Von Peter Gordon. Quelle: SCMP.
Ruth Rogaski: Hygienic Modernity
Tuesday, 20.12.2016Meanings of Health and Disease in Treaty-Port China. Buchbesprechung. Quelle: newbooksnetwork.com.
Centrifugal Empire: Central Local Relations in China
Friday, 9.12.2016Kerry Brown bespricht ein Buch von Jae Ho Chung (Asian Review of Books).
‘Finding a Rich Vein of Humor in China’s Past’
Thursday, 17.11.2016Ian Johnson interviewt Christopher Rea zu seinem Buch über den chinesischen Humor (NYT).
Essays by Han Han, the Chinese Blogger and Media Superstar
Saturday, 3.9.2016China möge in mehrere Teile zerfallen
Thursday, 25.8.2016Erinnerungen an Willkür und Folter Liao Yiwu im Gespräch mit Frank Meyer (deutschlandradiokultur.de).
Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar
Thursday, 25.8.2016Carla Nappi bespricht ein Buch von Akiko Takenaka. Quelle: newbooksnetwork.com.
Leftover women
Friday, 19.8.2016Profile: author Leta Hong Fincher explains how term ‘leftover women’ is Chinese propaganda The writer and journalist reveals how the ‘hogwash’ phrase is exploited in attempt to increase procreation among the young and educated. Von Sarah Lazarus (SCMP).
‘Celestial Masters: History and Ritual in Early Daoist Communities’
Thursday, 11.8.2016Ian Johnson interviewt Terry F. Kleeman zu seinem Buch über den Taoismus (NYT).
Fantasy and Failure across the Pacific (aktualisiert)
Saturday, 23.7.2016The Remarkable Forgotten Life of H.T. Tsiang Von Hua Hsu (The New Yorker). Update: Besprechung in der NYT.
Uyghur Nation – Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier
Thursday, 14.7.2016“… David Brophy’s new book is a masterful study of the modern history of the Uyghurs …” Von Carla Nappi. Quelle: newbooksnetwork.com.
The Art of Medicine in Early China
Wednesday, 6.7.2016The Ancient and Medieval Origins of a Modern Archive. Carla Nappi stellt ein Buch von Miranda Brown vor. Quelle: newbooksnetwork.com.
Neues Projekt: China will in Tschernobyl-Sperrgebiet investieren
Friday, 1.7.2016“… erwägt die Möglichkeit, ein Sonnenkraftwerk mit 1000 Megawatt …” Von Igor Kostin. Quelle: sputniknews.com.
