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  • Pirates and Publishers

    A Social History of Copyright in Modern China

    by Fei-Hsien Wang ...
    Series series Histories of Economic Life
    A detailed historical look at how copyright was negotiated and protected by authors, publishers, and the state in late imperial and modern ChinaIn Pirates and Publishers, Fei-Hsien Wang reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. Wang draws on a vast range of previously underutilized archival ... Read more

    Was $54.99 CAD Now $37.39 CAD

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  • China's Civilian Army

    The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

    by Peter Martin ...
    The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world. China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of those on the front line: China's diplomats. They give a rare perspective on the greatest geopolitical drama of ... Read more

    $20.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Party of One

    The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future

    by Chun Han Wong ...
    From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies.Party of One shatters the many myths that shroud one of the world’s most secretive political organizations and its ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • China in the 21st Century

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    In this fully revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide cogent answers to urgent questions regarding the world's newest superpower and offer a framework for understanding China's meteoric rise from developing country to superpower. Framing their answers through the historical legacies ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • The New Emperors

    Power and the Princelings in China

    by Professor Kerry Brown ...
    China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world's population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world's newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? In The New Emperors, the noted China expert Kerry Brown journeys deep into the heart of the secretive Communist Party. China's ... Read more

    $64.49 CAD

  • A History of Korea

    by Kyung Moon Hwang ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Essential Histories
    Dynamic and meticulously researched, A History of Korea continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history. Assuming no prior knowledge, Hwang guides readers from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern experience in both North and South Korea. Structured around episodic accounts, each chapter begins by discussing a defining moment in Korean history in ... Read more

    $37.09 CAD

  • Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era

    Reassessing Collective Leadership

    by Cheng Li ...
    Series series Geopolitics in the 21st Century
    Chinese politics are at a crossroads as President Xi Jinping amasses personal power and tests the constraints of collective leadership.In the years since he became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, Xi Jinping has surprised many people in China and around the world with his bold anti-corruption campaign and his aggressive consolidation of power.Given these new developments, ... Read more

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  • Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping

    Renaissance, Reform, or Retrogression?

    by Willy Wo-Lap Lam ...
    Renowned for his coverage of China's elite politics and leadership transitions, veteran Sinologist Willy Lam has produced the first book-length study in English of the rise of Xi Jinping--General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since November 2012. With rare insight, Lam describes Xi's personal history and his fascination with quasi-Maoist values, the factional politics through ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • China's New Red Guards

    The Return of Radicalism and the Rebirth of Mao Zedong

    by Jude Blanchette ...
    Ever since Deng Xiaoping effectively de-radicalized China in the 1980s, there have been many debates about which path China would follow. Would it democratize? Would it embrace capitalism? Would the Communist Party's rule be able to withstand the adoption and spread of the Internet? One debate that did not occur in any serious way, however, was whether Mao Zedong would make a political comeback. ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • Rethinking Chinese Politics

    by Joseph Fewsmith ...
    Understanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever. Some argue that China's political system is 'institutionalized' or that 'win all/lose all' struggles are a thing of the past, but, Joseph Fewsmith argues, as in all Leninist systems, political power is difficult to pass on from one leader to the next. Indeed, each new leader must deploy whatever resources he has to gain control ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • Xi Jinping

    Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018

    by Alfred L. Chan ...
    Xi Jinping has proven to be one of the most transformative political leaders of the twenty-first century. After a long career that began at the village level, he became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and China's paramount leader in 2012. Few expected what would come next: a sweeping restructuring of China's political economy and political culture which included anti-corruption ... Read more

    $46.79 CAD

  • Blocked on Weibo

    What Gets Suppressed on Chinas Version of Twitter (And Why)

    by Jason Q. Ng ...
    Though often described with foreboding buzzwords such as "The Great Firewall" and the "censorship regime," Internet regulation in China is rarely either obvious or straightforward. This was the inspiration for China specialist Jason Q. Ng to write an innovative computer script that would make it possible to deduce just which terms are suppressed on China's most important social media site, Sina ... Read more

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