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We welcome author, China scholar and commentator, Jeffrey Wasserstrom. He's written numerous books on China including "China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know", and the fun and totally accessible "Eight Juxtapositions", which we'll discuss today. What do Pope Francis and Xi Jinping have in common? Stay tuned!
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Lot Felizco joined Phil Whelan on Morning Brew to introduce Oxfam's new publication, China Voice and told us the making of the book .
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Sarah Passmore is joined by Alethea Gold to talk about a photographic book of children from all over China.
The book "Children of China" was launched in Beijing just before the opening of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and was treated by the Chinese Government as a gift to their VIPs during the Beijing Olympics.
All funds generated from the book are donated to...
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China expert and author, Martin Jacques, is visiting Hong Kong to promote the new edition of his book titled "When China Rules the World". The book has become a global bestseller and has been translated into 11 languages, as well as shortlisted for two major literary awards. Peter King asks Martin Jacques for more.
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Julia Boyd is the author of Hannah Riddell, An Englishwoman in Japan, and The Excellent Doctor Blackwell. She has travelled frequently to China and is now based in London. Her new book is “A Dance with the Dragon”.
Julia Boyd, talks to Crystal Kowk on Kowk Talk about the stereotypes and surprises of foreigners living in China during the 1920's.
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Graham Earnshaw talks about his new book - The Great Walk of China -
Travels on foot from Shanghai to Tibet with Tim Littlechild and Hugh Chiverton on Naked Lunch.
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Sarah Passmore is joined by Professor Robert Bickers to talk about his new book, The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914.
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Phil Whelan talks to top "historical" novelist, Justin Hill about his latest work "The Drink and Dream Teahouse". It is hot off the press. In a slight change of direction for Justin this one is set in contemporary rural China, post-Tiananmen Square.
Justin Hill, Internationally acclaimed novelist, worked for seven years as a volunteer with VSO (Voluntary Service...
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A book chronicling the famine that killed some 45-million Chinese people under the rule of Chairman Mao has been awarded the BBC Samuel Johnson Award for Non-Fiction, one of Britain's most prestigious literary prizes.
"Mao's Great Famine" by Frank Dikotter details the effects of the Great Leap Forward -- Chairman Mao's rush to turn China into an industrial...
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This unique book showcased children from provinces all over China including Tibet, Inner Mongolia the Silk Road, and Hong Kong, contrasting the charm of the old China with the excitement of the new modern China.
