764 books
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179 voters
Asia
Books that are set in Asia. Some popular settings for Asian books are China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Phillipines, Vietnam, Iran, and Thailand
Romance in East/Southeast Asia (and/or) East/Southeast Asian Heroes and Heroines
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There were quite a few returnees from Hong Kong and Macau, but... most of the two thousand plus students at our school came from South and Southeat Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines. They had all come back for pretty much the same reason: a strong anti-Chinese sentiment mushrooming in their countries, which had recently freed themselves from colonialism… Chinese were targeted for attack by the newly empowered natives because under colonial rule the Chi
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― The Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China Before Mao
― The Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China Before Mao
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Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right-of-way--insist on it. They swerve away at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forwards, no time for a victory grin, already engaging in another contest of will. Saigon traffic is Vietnamese life, a continuous c
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― Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
― Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
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books about ww2 in china and japan
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