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Description: China Home. Hardback. By Michael Freeman.
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Product ID: 9780804845908
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Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
Description: As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of China. No country and no society can escape China's reach-indeed many seek its embrace. China brings benefits to many-but it's also a problematic interlocutor for others. In China and the World, one of the world's leading China specialists David Shambaugh has assembled fifteen leading international authorities on China to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly assessment of China's foreign relations and roles in international affairs. The volume covers China's contemporary position in all regions of the world, with all major powers, and across multiple arenas of China's international interactions. It also explores the sources of China's grand strategy, how the past shapes the present, and the impact of domestic factors that shape China's external behavior. China and the World is a uniquely focused and well-organized volume that provides many insights into China's calculations and behavior, and identifies a number of challenges China will face in the future.
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ISBN: 9780190062323
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780190062323
Price: £35.00
Brand: Princeton University Press
Description: A comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to the birds of China China is home to some of the most spectacular birdlife to be found anywhere in the world. This richly illustrated field guide covers every species found throughout the region, including numerous endemic and globally threatened species. Detailed species accounts cover everything from biometrics and habitat to behavior, distribution, and voice, and each one comes with illustrations of the species and a color distribution map. A landmark achievement, Birds of China is the ideal companion for travelers to China and a must for any birder's bookshelf. The first complete English-language field guide to China's wondrously diverse birdlife Covers nearly 1,500 species, including endemics and threatened birds Features a wealth of breathtaking color plates painted by leading Chinese artists Includes some 4,000 images that illustrate every species Discusses China's geography and zoogeography Shares invaluable advice on birding practices and ethics.
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ISBN: 9780691237527
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780691237527
Price: £13.99
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Description: From Africa to the Arctic, Central Asia and beyond, China's foreign policy will affect us all. Here, noted China expert Kerry Brown guides us through China's foreign policy, from its skirmishes with US Navy destroyers in the South China Sea to its arguments with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands and its increased displays of military prowess - including huge investments in cyber warfare. Brown also assesses China's extraordinary plan to create a ' New Silk Road' across Central Asia - one of the biggest infrastructure projects in modern history. In doing so he seeks to answer a simple question: what does China want? The answer lies in the unique way China thinks about the world. A comprehensive analysis by one of the world's most recognized and respected authorities, and based upon unparalleled research into Chinese leaders, their beliefs and their instincts, China's World is an essential read.
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ISBN: 9780755636129
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780755636129
Price: £13.99
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Description: China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise of a corruption crackdown, which has seen his rivals imprisoned, Xi Jinping has been quietly building one of the most powerful leaderships modern China has ever seen. In CEO China, the noted China expert Kerry Brown reveals the hidden story of the rise of the man dubbed the 'Chinese Godfather'. Brown investigates his relationship with his revolutionary father, who was expelled by Mao during the Cultural Revolution, his business dealings and allegiances in China's regional power struggles and his role in the internal battle raging between the old men of the Deng era and the new super-rich 'princelings'. Xi Jinping's China is powerful, aggressive and single-minded and this book will become a must-read for the Western world. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC CEO, China - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9781784538774
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781784538774
Price: £10.99
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Description: 'China', Napoleon once remarked, 'is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.' In 2014, President Xi Jinping triumphantly declared that the lion had awoken. From holding its ground in trade wars with the US, to presenting itself as a world leader in the fight against climate change, a newly confident China is flexing its economic muscles for strategic ends. With the Belt and Road initiative, billed as a new Silk Road for the 21st Century, China is set to extend its influence throughout Eurasia and across the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. But with the Chinese and US militaries also vying over the Pacific, does this newfound confidence put China on a collision course with the US? Combining a geopolitical overview with on-the-ground reportage from a dozen countries, this new edition of China's Asian Dream engages with the most recent developments in the ongoing story of China's ascendency, and offers new insights into what the rise of China means not only for Asia, but for the world.
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ISBN: 9781786997418
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Product ID: 9781786997418
Price: £10.99
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
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Description: Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the adventures of Cpt Laurence and his dragon Temeraire as they travel from the shores of Britain to China and Africa. Before Captain Will Laurence can prepare his crew for the slow voyage home from China, new orders arrive for him and his dragon, Temeraire: they must fly home immediately, stopping only in Istanbul to collect three priceless dragon eggs, purchased by the British government from the Ottoman Empire. But the cross-continental journey is fraught with danger; not only will they have to scale mountains and traverse vast hostile deserts, but a Machiavellian herald precedes them, spreading political menace in her wake. Holding Temeraire responsible for the death of her princely companion, Lien has absconded from China consumed by vengeance. If she can, she will destroy everything and everyone Temeraire loves. HarperCollins Publishers Black Powder War - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9780007219179
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Product ID: 9780007219179
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Brand: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Description: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as China opened its doors, archaeologists introduced new field methods that led to important discoveries and the establishment of scientific research bodies. Now, the splendours of ancient China can be revealed: from the famous terracotta army to the lavish tomb of the Marquis of Dai from the Han dynasty. Thames & Hudson Ltd The Search for Ancient China - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9780500300954
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Product ID: 9780500300954
Price: £39.99
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Description: Now in its second edition, China and the World since 1945 offers an accessible introduction to China's foreign policy and diplomatic history across a broad chronology. After the 'century of humiliation', China was in constant search of a new identity on the world stage, which significantly changed the way the nation defined itself and its role in the world. The book traces developments in China's relations with the two superpowers, Asian neighbours, Third World countries, and European powers, examining China's role in modern globalization and the international community. It also considers the influence of domestic politics and ideology on China's international relations. Fully revised and updated with the latest scholarship, the second edition includes a new chapter on China's foreign relations under Xi Jinping's administration, including the reassertion of China as a Communist state, identification with the Global South, and the 'New Cold War' with the United States as both powers grapple for global influence. By examining the rise of China from a long-term historical perspective, this concise yet comprehensive study will be essential to scholars and students of Chinese history and contemporary international relations.
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ISBN: 9781032713410
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781032713410
Price: £9.89
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Description: The Natural Bounty of China Series. Paperback. By Inspection and Quarantine China General Administration of Quality Supervision.
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Product ID: 9789814794749
Price: £22.95
Brand: Harvard University Press
Description: ' Thoughtful, probing.a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence [that] will be read by all students and scholars of modern China." | ?? William C. Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead? It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to Deng Xiaoping and to recent changes in economic policy. But China has a long history of creative adaptation. In the eighteenth century, the Qing Empire dominated a third of the world's population. Then, as the Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion ripped the country apart, China found itself verging on free fall. More recently, after Mao, China managed a surprising recovery, rapidly undergoing profound economic and social change. A dynamic story of crisis and recovery, failure and triumph, Making China Modern explores the versatility and resourcefulness that guaranteed China's survival, powered its rise, and will determine its future.' Chronicles reforms, revolutions, and wars through the lens of institutions, often rebutting Western impressions." | ?? New Yorker'A remarkable accomplishment. Unlike an earlier generation of scholarship, Making China Modern does not treat China's contemporary transformation as a postscript. It accepts China as a major and active player in the world, places China at the center of an interconnected and global network of engagement, links domestic politics to international dynamics, and seeks to approach China on its own terms." | ?? Wen-hsin Yeh, author of Shanghai Splendor.
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ISBN: 9780674248311
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780674248311