Books

Few foreign residents of China have evoked such strong reactions as Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse. Born in England in 1873,...

The records are clear and complete: about 300 years ago, a Huang clan from just across the Tan River got...

American and Allied knowledge of the PRC’s Third Sea Force has come a long way since my outstanding former Naval...

Reviewed: Peng Zhen: Mao Zedong’s “Close Comrade-in-Arms” (1941-1966)《彭真: 毛澤東的「親密戰友」1941-1966》by Yen-Lin Chung 鍾延麟 (Linking Publishing 聯經出版, December 2024, Taiwanese edition). In...

I dreamed of rows upon rows of freshly baked cookies, from the classic chocolate chip with chewy centres and crisp,...

In a previous post (no. 122), we highlighted children’s books in English of (auto)biographies of famous people of Chinese heritage...

Each semester, the Fairbank Center Collection of the H. C. Fung Library at Harvard University selects new publications for acquisition....

When your kids are little, storytime is one of the easiest ways to bond with them. Those quiet moments bundled...

There are many ways to connect people across distant countries and divided politics. Sharing a cup of tea is one,...

The exhibition Turning the Page on Change. Children’s Books Inspiring Action for the Global Goals, on display at the United...