Nachtrag. Christian Y. Schmidt über “Funkelnder Ferner Osten” von Richard Katz (1888-1968). Quelle: taz.

Chinese Bestseller Slams Goldman Sachs for Crisis (NYT/AP). Vgl. 财经作家调查高盛：潜规则导致了金融危机? (Nanfang Ribao).

Nachtrag. Ein Kaiser, ein Minister und ein gefährliches Spiel Von Johnny Erling (Quelle: Standard).

“Geschichte meines Vaters [James Anderson] in China 1914–1941″ Buchbesprechung von Ulli Gellermann (Readers Edition).

Chinese activist’s book to lambaste Wen Jiabao Von Nobuyoshi Sakajiri (Asahi Shimbun).

When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind – Or Destroy It by Jonathan Watts. Buchbesprechung von Isabel Hilton. Quelle: Guardian.

Police detain China writer over upcoming book “… plans to publish a book critical of Premier Wen Jiabao … Yu [Jie] helped found the Independent PEN Center in China …” Quelle: Google/AP.

David Pilling bespricht in der FT:
China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Oxford University Press, RRP$16.95, 192 pages
China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom, by Richard Baum, University of Washington Press, RRP$29.95, 336 pages
Myth of the Social Volcano: Perceptions of Inequality and Distributive Injustice in Contemporary China, by Martin King Whyte, Stanford University Press, RRP$27.95, 264 pages
The China Strategy: Harnessing the power of the world’s fastest-growing economy, by Edward Tse, Basic Books RRP$26.95, 256 pages

Stacy Schiff bespricht in der NYT die Pearl S. Buck-Biographie von Hilary Spurling. Leseprobe hier.

Clifford Coonan bespricht “The Party: The Secret World of China’s
Communist Rulers” von Richard McGregor. Quelle: The Irish Times.

“Spaziergänge zwischen den Zeiten.” Buchbesprechung von Susanne Hornfeck.
Steffi Schmitts Shanghai-Führer, der 2003 erstmals in der Old China Hand Press, Shanghai, erschien, war ein Geheimtipp. Glücklich der Tourist, dem kenntnisreiche Freunde Read the rest of this entry »

Chinas gefährliche Charmeoffensive Nicole Bastian bespricht Stefan Halper: The Beijing Concensus. How China’s Authoritarian Model will dominate the Twenty-First-Century (Handelsblatt).

Tiananmen Square memoir axed by Hong Kong publisher Bao Pu says print run of alleged memoir of China’s former premier Li Peng stopped due to copyright problems (Guardian/AP).

Von Scott Minick und Jiao Ping: Verlagsinformation und Kurzbesprechung in der NYT.

Benjamin A. Shobert bespricht “China’s Megatrends: The 8 Pillars of a New Society by John Naisbitt and Doris Naisbitt” (Asia Times).

Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip by Peter Hessler Kevin Rushby enjoys a white-knuckle ride along China’s highways and byways (Guardian).

Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China, By Hilary Spurling Buchbesprechung von Aamer Hussein (Independent). Vgl. 2005中国镇江赛珍珠学术研讨会隆重召开 (Zhenjiang Jiaoyu Xinwen), ferner 赛珍珠与中国-中西文化冲突与共融 (douban). Update: Besprechung von Sun Shuyun im Guardian, ferner Artikel in Seattle Times und Besprechung in Irish Times.

Paul Wiseman bespricht in der Asia Times das Buch „The Beijing Consensus: How China’s Authoritarian Model Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century“, von Stefan Halper.

Confucius from the Heart by Yu Dan Chinese TV’s ‘beauty scholar’ comes across as more of an agony aunt than the transmitter of a great tradition. Buchbesprechung von Sun Shuyun (Guardian).

Über Land -  Begegnungen im neuen China Robert Luchs bespricht ein Buch von Peter Hessler. “… machte den chinesischen Führerschein und bereiste das Land abseits der Metropolen …” (Das Parlament). Aktualisiert: China’s Long, Strange Road Trip von Kathy Chen (Wall Street Journal). Frank Bures interviewt Peter Hessler (www.worldhum.com).

Peter Sturm bespricht in der FAZ das Buch “Mao Zedong” von Felix Wemheuer.

A one-time Maoist returns to China to atone for her sins. Buchbesprechung von Chris Cox. Quelle: Guardian.

Letters by former Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek, once deemed “the people’s enemy” by the Communist Party of China (CPC), have been published for the first time on the Chinese mainland amid warmer cross- Straits ties. Von Guo Qiang. Quelle: Global Times.

“… A gaping lack of appealing Chinese-language content. At this week’s 18th annual Taipei Book Exhibition …” Quelle: ctv.ca/AP.

Tanzende Punkte und schwingende Zeilen Matthias Daum in der NZZ über chinesische Stadtplanung, Themenstädte wie “Thamestown” und ein Buch von Dieter Hassenpflug Read the rest of this entry »