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Saich: Governance and Politics of China. 2nd edition. Paperback

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  • Governance and Politics of China. 2nd edition. Paperback
  • by Tony Saich
  • 408 pages. 2004
  • This text by an academic authority, who has also lived and worked in China, provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of politics and governance in post Mao China.

Sarma: Buddhist Monuments of China and South-East India. Cloth

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  • Buddhist Monuments of China and South-East India: South Indian influences in Chinese Architecture. Cloth. 23x28 cm
  • by I. K. Sarma
  • 115 pages with text, 47 plates, 8 maps. 1985 (published in India, poor quality of the photographs)

Sawyer: The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. Paperback

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  • Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. Paperback
  • by Ralph D. Sawyer
  • xix, 568 pages. 2007

Schoppa: Blood Road: The Mystery of Shen Dingyi in Revolutionary China. Paperback

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  • Blood Road: The Mystery of Shen Dingyi in Revolutionary China. Paperback
  • by Keith R. Schoppa.
  • 322 pages, 4 maps, notes, bibliography and index. 1999

Schoppa: The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. Hardcover

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  • Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. Hardcover
  • by R. Keith Schoppa. xviii, 356 pages. 2000

Schwarcz: Bridge Across Broken Time. Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory. Cloth

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  • Bridge Across Broken Time. Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory. Cloth
  • by Vera Schwarcz
  • xiii, 232 pages, with notes, bibliography and index. 1998

Shambaugh: China's Communist Party. Atrophy and Adaptation. Hardcover

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  • China's Communist Party. Atrophy and Adaptation. Hardcover
  • David Shambaugh
  • 256 pages, 2008. Few issues affect the future of China—and hence all the nations that interact with China—more than the nature of its ruling party and government. In this timely study, David Shambaugh assesses the strengths and weaknesses, durability, adaptability, and potential longevity of China's Communist Party (CCP).

Shambaugh: Power Shift: China and Asia's New Dynamics. Paperback

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  • Power Shift: China and Asia's New Dynamics. Paperback
  • by David L. Shambaugh. xix, 383 pages. 2005

Shapiro: Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolitonary China. Paperback

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  • Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolitonary China. Paperback. By Judith Shapiro
  • 306 pages, 25 half-tones, table, 13 maps, bibliography, index. 2001. Mao’s War Against Nature argues that the abuse of people and the abuse of nature are often linked. Shapiro’s account, told in part through the voices of average Chinese citizens and officials who lived through and participated in some of the destructive campaigns, is both eye-opening and heartbreaking.

Shin: The Making of the Chinese State : Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands. Paperback

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  • The Making of the Chinese State: Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands.
  • Le K. Shin 2011. Paperback, 270 pages, 229 x 152 mm. In this well-crafted study of the relationships between the state and its borderlands, Leo Shin traces the roots of China's modern ethnic configurations to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
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Shirk: Changing Media, Changing China. Paperback

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  • Changing Media, Changing China.
  • Susan L. Shirk (ed.) 2010. Paperback, vi, 281 p. : 9.25 H x  1.00 D x  6.25 W inches
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Shuhui Yang: Appropriation and Representation. Feng Mengiong and the Chinese Vernacular Story. Cloth

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  • Appropriation and Representation. Feng Mengiong and the Chinese Vernacular Story. Cloth
  • Shuhui Yang
  • viii, 187 pages,  with conclusion, appendix, works cited, glossary-index

Siren: The Chinese on the Art of Painting : Texts by the Painter-Critics, from the 4th Through to the 19th Centuries. Paperback

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  • The Chinese on the Art of Painting : Texts by the Painter-Critics, from the 4th Through to the 19th Centuries
  • Osvald Siren
  • Paperback, 288 pages, Illustrations, 216 x 134 mm

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Smith: Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing (I Ching, or Classic of Changes) and Its Evolution in China. Hardcover

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  • Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing (I Ching, or Classic of Changes) and Its Evolution in China. Hardcover
  • by Richard J. Smith
  • xix, 393 pages. 2008

Smith: The "I Ching": A Biography. Hb

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  • The "I Ching": A Biography.
  • R.J. Smith 2012
  • Hardback, 288 pages, 7 halftones. 13 line illus., 190 x 114 mm

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Solomon: Mao's Revolution and the Chinese Political Culture. Hardcover

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  • Mao's Revolution and the Chinese Political Culture. Hardcover
  • by Richard H. Solomon
  • xxiii, 604 pages, with bibliography, index, illustrations. 1999

Sommer: Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China. Paperback

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  • Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China. Paperback
  • by Matthew H. Sommer
  • xvi, 413 pages, 5 appendices, index. 2000. Using Qing-dynasty legal case records, Sommer studies the regulation of sexuality during the Qing dynasty by exploring the social context for types of sexual behavior criminalized by the State. He argues that the principle regulating sexuality in eighteenth-century imperial law moved from status, under which members of different groups had long been held to distinct standards of familial and sexual morality, to gender

Soothill: Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms. Cloth

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  • Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms. Cloth, ca. 22x28cm
  • compiled by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
  • xix, 510 pages, with Sanskrit and English Equivalents, Sanskrit-Pali Index, Non Sanskrit Terms (Tibetan, etc. ) Index. 1937: reprint 2000. This volume is a dictionary of Chinese Buddhist terms. It was first published in 1937, and is specifically aimed at students of Chinese Buddhism

Souza: The Survival of Empire. Portuguese Trade and Society in China and the South China Sea 1630-1754. Paperback

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  • Survival of Empire. Portuguese Trade and Society in China and the South China Sea 1630-1754. Paperback
  • G. B. Souza. 302 pages. 2004. In this original study of the Portuguese Empire in the East, the Estado da India, George Souza looks in detail at the activities of Macao. He also examines the nature of Portuguese maritime trade in Asia and analyses the focal role of Macao as an adjunct to the Canton market.

Spence: Emperor of China. Self-portrait of Kang-Hsi. Paperback

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  • Emperor of China. Self-portrait of Kang-Hsi
  • Jonathan D. Spence 1988 (reissue)
  • Paperback, xxv, 226 p.
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Spence: God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Paperback

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  • God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan. Paperback
    by Jonathan D. Spence
    xxvii, 400 pages. 1997

Spence: The Chan's Great Continent. China in Western Minds. Paperback

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  • Chan's Great Continent. China in Western Minds. Paperback
  • by Jonathan Spence
  • xviii, 279 pages, with an index. 1999. Explores the West's views of China over the course of seven centuries, from Marco Polo's depiction to that of Franz Kafka

Spence: The Search for Modern China. Second edition. American Paperback

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  • Search for Modern China. American Paperback
  • by Jonathan D. Spence
  • xxv, 876 pages, many maps and tables, 16 plates with photos. Second edition, 1991. Covering more than four centuries of Chinese history, this work chronicles the various dynasties, the ideas of reformist Confucian scholars, and China's poets, novelists, artists, students, and leaders

State Bureau: Foreign Experts' Handbook. A guide to living and working in China: State Bureau of Foreign Experts. Paperback

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  • Foreign Experts' Handbook. A guide to living and working in China: State Bureau of Foreign Experts. Paperback
  • State Bureau
  • 313 pages, with maps. black-white and colour illustrations. 1988

Strathern: Confucius in 90 Minutes. Paperback

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  • Confucius in 90 Minutes. Paperback
    by Paul Strathern
  • 85 pages. 1999

Suisheng Zhao: Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the 1995-1996 Crisis

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  • Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the 1995-1996 Crisis
  • edited by Suisheng Zhao
  • 306 pages, index. 1999. Using the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis as a starting point, essays in this collection examine causes of the conflict and assess the possibility of more benevolent relations between China and Taiwan.

Sukma: Indonesia and China: The Politics of a Troubled Relationship. Hardback

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  • Indonesia and China. The Politics of a Troubled Relationship. Hardback
  • Rizal Sukma
  • 296 pages, bibliography, index. 1999. Indonesia broke off relations with China in 1967 and resumed them only in 1990. Rizal Sukma argues that the matter of Indonesia restoring diplomatic ties with China is best understood in terms of the efforts made by the military-based New Order government to sustain its political legitimacy. The analysis in this book proves that an absence as well as a presence of diplomatic relations may advance not only the external but the domestic interests of an incumbent government.

Sullivan: The Night Entertainments of Han Xizai. A Scroll by Gu Hongzhong. Hardcover

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  • Night Entertainments of Han Xizai. A Scroll by Gu Hongzhong. Hardcover
  • Michael Sullivan
  • 96 pages, 22 color illustrations, 1 map, 1 table. 2008. In this beautiful and concisely focused book, eminent art historian Michael Sullivan guides the reader through a single masterwork of Chinese art, The Night Entertainments of Han Xizai. Attributed to the artist Gu Hongzhong, this Five Dynasties handscroll portrays the scandalous private life of Han Xizai, senior minister to three "emperors" of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the mid-tenth century.

Sun Jie: Chinese Chrysanthemums. Paperback

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  • Chinese Chrysanthemums. Paperback. 18x24cm
  • Editors: Sun Jie & Wang Yanrong
  • 80 pages, fully illustrated with colour photo's. Beijing, 1981

Sun Tzu, Cleary: The Art of War: Complete Text and Commentaries. Translated by Cleary. Paperback

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  • Art of War. Complete Text and Commentaries. Paperback
  • by Sun Tzu, edited by Thomas F. Cleary
  • vi, 457 pages. 2003. A collection of essential versions of the Art of War includes The Art of War, Mastering the Art of War, The Lost Art of War, and The Silver Sparrow Art of War, in a volume complemented by commentary by the author's successors. Reprint

Sun Tzu, Cleary: The Art of War: Paperback

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  • Art of War. Paperback
  • by Sun-tzu / edited by Thomas F. Cleary
  • viii, 172 pages. 1981
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Sun Tzu, Cleary: The Art of War: Paperback

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  • Art of War. Paperback. 4.5x3 inches
  • by Sun-tzu. Edited by Thomas F. Cleary
  • xiv, 114 pages. 1991

Sun Tzu, Griffith: The Art of War. How to be fearless in resolving conflicts. Paperback

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  • Art of War. How to be fearless in resolving conflicts. Paperback
  • by Sun Tzu, translated and with an introduction by Samuel B. Griffith
  • xvi, 196 pages. 1971

Sun Tzu, Mair: The Art of War. Sun Zi's Military Methods. Paperback

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  • Art of War. Sun Zi's Military Methods. Paperback
  • by Sun Tzu. Translated by Victor Mair
  • xli, 189 pages. 2007

Sun Tzu: The Illustrated Art of War. Paperback

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  • The Illustrated Art of War.
  • Sun Tzu
  • 256 p. : 5.50 H x 0.75 D x 5.50 W inches
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Sun Xuequan: Applied Chinese Acupuncture for Clinical Practitioners. Hardback

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  • Applied Chinese Acupuncture for Clinical Practitioners. Ca. 19x26cm, Hardback
  • Originator Sun Xue Quan, translators Jiang Qi Yuan, M.D., Gao Ying Mao, Yang Lin
  • 316 pages, with fold-out maps of the human body, first edition 1985. Introduces both traditional theories and the author's personal experiences in his many years of clinical practice. Over 200 cases are recorded in detail, covering nature, clinical manifestations, treatment, and practical and instructive remarks

Swartz: Reading Tao Yuanming: Shifiting Paradigms of Historical Reception (427-1900) Hardcover

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  • Reading Tao Yuanming: Shifiting Paradigms of Historical Reception (427-1900) Hardcover
  • by Wendy Swartz
  • xii, 296 pages. 2008. This study of the posthumous reputation of a central figure in Chinese literary history, the mechanisms at work in the reception of his works, and the canonization of Tao himself and of particular readings of his works sheds light on the transformation of literature and culture in premodern China.

Taiwan CVHT 01: The Abodes in the Bygone Era: Taiwan's Town and Country Settlements.

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  • CVHT 01: The Abodes in the Bygone Era: Taiwan's Town and Country Settlements.
  • Hardback, ca. A4
  • 270 pages, with over 130 monochrome and colour illustrations, maps, fold-outs
  • a.o: Settlements in Taiwan. Town Houses. Urban Plans during the Japanese Era. Settlements along the Tanshui River System. Taiwanese Village during the Japanese Era

Taiwan CVHT 02: Archaic Land Documents of Taiwan (1717-1906)

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  • CVHT 02: Archaic Land Documents of Taiwan (1717-1906). Hardback, ca. A4. In slipcase
  • 270 pages, with 110 colour illustrations
  • a.o.: The Evolution of Private Land Ownership in Ching Dynasty Taiwan. The Kuo's Family's Land Development Efforts in Northern Taiwan. Land Deeds Between Indigenous Landlords and Chinese Tenants. Interpretation of Four Types of Land Documements

Taiwan CVHT 03: A Collection of the Visual History of Taiwan

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  • CVHT 03: A Collection of the Visual History of Taiwan
  • Richly illustrated, in colour and in monochrome or black/white
  • Printed on beautiful pale-yellowish paper
  • Bilingual: text in Chinese and in English.
  • Hardcover. A4 (ca. 21.5 x 30 cm)
  • Ca. 250 pages

Taiwan CVHT 04: The Drawings of That Land: The Interpretation of Taiwan (1895-1945).

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  • CVHT 04: The Drawings of That Land: The Interpretation of Taiwan (1895-1945). Hardback, ca. A4
  • 238 pages, with over 130 monochrome and colour illustrations
  • a.o.: Taiwan Vistas. The Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition. Taiwan through Oil and Canvas. Focus on Taiwan. Watercolors of Taiwan. Graphic Taiwan

Taiwan CVHT 05: The Exquisite Heritage: The Culture and Arts of Taiwan Aborigines.

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  • CVHT 05: The Exquisite Heritage: The Culture and Arts of Taiwan Aborigines. Hardback, ca. A4. In slipcase
  • 262 pages, with numerous illustrations, most of them in colour
  • a.o. The Culture of Common People. Hunting Culture. Clothing. Architecture. Landscapes

Taiwan CVHT 06: The Landscape of the Island Country: The Development of Natural Geography of Taiwan (1895-1945)

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  • CVHT 06: The Landscape of the Island Country: The Development of Natural Geography of Taiwan (1895-1945)* Hardback, ca A4
  • 262 pages, with over 150 monochrome and colour illustrations
  • a.o.: Development of the Mountains. Hot Springs. Landscapes. Old Trails. The Development of Harbors. Facilities

Taiwan CVHT 07: Postcard Drawings: The Rare Collection

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  • CVHT 07: Postcard Drawings: The Rare Collection. Hardback, ca A4
  • 238 pages, with about 125 monochrome or colour illustrations, many of them full-page size
  • with a.o.: Modern Ukiyoe. The Craftmanship of Characters. Ink and Wash Miniatures. The Charm of Seals. WoodenScenic Postcards. Materials, Techniques, Mounting the Picture etc.

Taiwan CVHT 08: The Schemes of Production: Taiwan's Industrial Development (1895-1945)

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  • CVHT 08: The Schemes of Production: Taiwan's Industrial Development (1895-1945). Hardback, ca. A4
  • 270 pages, with over 160 monochrome and colour-illustrations, map
  • a.o.: Industrial - and Agricultural Policy. Processing Industry. Forestry Industry. Stock Raising. Mining Policy. a.s.o.

Taiwan CVHT 09: Strolling the Old Trails

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  • CVHT 09: Strolling the Old Trails, hardback, ca. A4
  • 270 pages, with over 150 monochrome and colour illustrations
  • a.o.: Land Development. Fortress Stories. Strolling on Old Streets. Antique Buildings

Taiwan CVHT 10: Witness: The Colonial Taiwan. (1895-1945). Two volumes in slipcase, Hardback

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  • CVHT: 10: Witness: The Colonial Taiwan. Ca. 20 x 29.5 cm
  • Volume 1: 264 pages, about 100 illustrations, mainly in colour
  • Chapters a.o.: Sites of Historical Significance. Transformation of the Ancient Buildings. Explootation of Natural Resources. and others
  • Volume 2: 240 pages, over 150 monochrome- and colour-illustrations
  • a.o.: Postcards Issued by Taiwan Governor's Office. Construction. Shinto Shrine. And many more
  • Price for the 2-volumes set

Taiwan CVHT: A Collection of the Visual History of Taiwan: set of 5

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  • Collection of the Visual History of Taiwan: set of 5. You can choose the titles as follows:
  • 1: Order the set and make a note on the orderform of the 5 volumes you want
  • 2: You may choose, and order, 5 different copies (a total of 5 books) you want by ordering the title. Because an order of 5 single titles is more expensive than the set price we will afterwards deduct the difference in price if you pay by creditcard.
  • If you pay by bank or giro you may deduct the difference in price yourself but we will also send you an e-mail for the exact amount you have to pay and to assure you the books are indeed still in stock

Taiwan CVHT: A Collection of the Visual History of Taiwan: The complete 10-volume-set

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  • Collection of the Visual History of Taiwan: The complete 10-volume-set
  • Price for the complete set

Temple: The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, & Invention. Paperback

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  • Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, & Invention. Paperback
  • by Robert Temple. Foreword by Dr. Joseph Needham
  • 288 pages. 2007