Big Books of Spring
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Chinese History


Chinese History Books

The Search For Modern China
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976
Mao: The Unknown Story
The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han (History of Imperial China, #1)
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
China: A History
The Art of War
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The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellHild by Nicola GriffithZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiThe Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Fiction set in 5th to 10th centuries
173 books — 84 voters
Zodiac Circle by Tamuna TsertsvadzeThe Tale of Temujin by Sarah BrennanThe Tale of Run Run Rat by Sarah BrennanThe Tale of Pin Yin Panda by Sarah BrennanThe Tale of Oswald Ox by Sarah Brennan
The Chinese Calendar Tales
8 books — 6 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Immigrant by Nery McMahonBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
346 books — 68 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad Akreyi
Best books on history and culture.
134 books — 89 voters

Tai-Pan by James ClavellNoble House by James ClavellSouth China Morning Blues by Ray HechtThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamEating Smoke by Chris Thrall
Books Set in Hong Kong
147 books — 120 voters
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. VogelThe Search For Modern China by Jonathan D. SpenceThe Early Chinese Empires by Mark Edward LewisChina Marches West by Peter C. PerdueImperial China, 900–1800 by Frederick W. Mote
Chinese history
42 books — 11 voters

Quotes Tagged “Chinese History”

Joan He
“ When i was mortal, I thought myself a god. ”
― Joan He, Strike the Zither
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Joan He
“ You wound me I remove his hand and meet him in the eye. "No worse than I already have. ...more ”
― Joan He, Strike the Zither
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Videos Tagged “Chinese History”

The Cultural Revolution: Mao's Red Terror
The Cultural Revolution: Mao's Red Terror
Meet Wu Zhao, the Empress Wu Zetian
Meet Wu Zhao, the Empress Wu Zetian
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Groups Tagged "Chinese History"

books about the history of China in the 19th and 20th centuries
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Chindo’s Book Club 印華讀者會 Chinese & Peranakan Book Club Picks for Chinese Indonesian Readers. Read together and discuss. 📚…more
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