Been reading a lot of Chinese history, but this is the first one laying out China vs Europe at a high level cross hundreds of years, and providing interesting perspectives on why and how things happened. A fascinating read!
My first ever DNF. To own a PhD does not equal to “professional works”. The author is so self-important that he doesn’t even bother to offer qualified citations to support his points. In addition, it’s professional to accurately document a history of androcentrism, but you don’t have to glorify it. If you have any basic knowledge of Chinese history, then you can skip this book cause there’s not much new info; if not, then you have to skip this book because you can’t tell false from truth.