Friend of China - The Myth of Rewi Alley

Friend of China - The Myth of Rewi Alley
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 9781135790660
ISBN-13 : 1135790663
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Friend of China - The Myth of Rewi Alley by : Anne-Marie Brady

This study is a radical and controversial analysis of the life and works of Rewi Alley utilizing both Chinese materials and previously unpublished materials from western sources. Rather than a biography as such, it is a revisionist history, re-examining what we know and understand about one of the most famous, or indeed infamous, foreigners in modern China: Rewi Alley, who arrived in China in 1927 from New Zealand and lived there for the rest of his life. Alley was regarded as a great humanitarian and internationalist. Later he became an outspoken 'foreign friend' of the Chinese regime and prolific propagandist on the new China. This book examines the myth and reality of his life, using them to explore the role of foreigners in China's diplomatic relations and their sensitive place in China after 1949, laying bare the important role of China's 'foreign friends' in Chinese foreign policy.

Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor
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Publisher : Y W A M Pub
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1576582345
ISBN-13 : 9781576582343
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Hudson Taylor by : Renee Meloche

Examines the life of the missionary who eventually started the China Inland Mission.

The China-Pakistan Axis

The China-Pakistan Axis
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9780190076818
ISBN-13 : 019007681X
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The China-Pakistan Axis by : Andrew Small

"The Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asia's geopolitics, from India's rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the continent's new map of mines, ports and pipelines. China is Pakistan's great economic hope and its most trusted military partner; Pakistan is the battleground for China's encounters with Islamic militancy and the heart of its efforts to counter-balance the emerging US-India partnership. For decades, each country has been the other's only 'all-weather' friend. Yet the relationship is still little understood. The wildest claims about it are widely believed, while many of its most dramatic developments are hidden from the public eye. This book sets out the recent history of Sino-Pakistani ties and their ramifications for the West, for India, for Afghanistan, and for Asia as a whole. It tells the stories behind some of its most sensitive aspects, including Beijing's support for Pakistan's nuclear program, China's dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese military's planning for crises in Pakistan. It describes a relationship increasingly shaped by Pakistan's internal strife, and the dilemmas China faces between the need for regional stability and the imperative for strategic competition with India and the USA."--Amazon.com.

India Versus China

India Versus China
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Publisher : Juggernaut Publication India
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9393986614
ISBN-13 : 9789393986610
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis India Versus China by : Kanti Bajpai

In this lucid, informative, and insightful book, a leading expert on the subject decodes the complex history of India-China relations and argues that the path ahead is a difficult one that could see more military confrontations, including violent border clashes.

The Friend of China

The Friend of China
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044051062644
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

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Friends and Enemies

Friends and Enemies
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Publisher : Modern America
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4955933
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Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Friends and Enemies by : Gordon H. Chang

Winner of the 1991 Stuart L. Bernath Prize, sponsored by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. ---------- "A swift-paced, absorbing account of the dangerous political maneuvers that engaged America with both China and the Soviet Union during the years between 1948 and 1972...Chang's account is impressively documented with once-classified records...This is a scrupulously detailed history, scholarly and at the same time filled with incident, insight, and personality...Chang paints a fascinating picture."--San Francisco Chronicle

On Friendship

On Friendship
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9780231520287
ISBN-13 : 023152028X
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis On Friendship by : Matteo Ricci

"On Friendship, with its total of one hundred sayings, is the perfect gift for friends." Feng Yingjing, renowned scholar and civic official, 1601 Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is best known as the Italian Jesuit missionary who brought Christianity to China. He also published a landmark text on friendship the first book to be written in Chinese by a European that instantly became a late Ming best seller. On Friendship distilled the best ideas on friendship from Renaissance Latin texts into one hundred pure and provocative Chinese maxims. Written in a masterful classical style, Ricci's sayings established his reputation as a great sage and the sentiments still ring true. Available for the first time in English, On Friendship matches a carefully edited Chinese text with a facing-page English translation and includes notes on sources and biographical, historical, and cultural information. Still admired in China for its sophistication and inspirational wisdom, On Friendship is a delightful cross-cultural work by a crucial and fascinating historical figure. It is also an excellent tool for learning Chinese, pairing a superb model of the classical language with an accessible and accurate translation.

The Search for Modern China

The Search for Modern China
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 1054
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ISBN-10 : 0393307808
ISBN-13 : 9780393307801
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Search for Modern China by : Jonathan D. Spence

This work chronicles the history of China for over four hundred years through the spring of 1989.

How China Sees the World

How China Sees the World
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Publisher : Potomac Books
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9781640121379
ISBN-13 : 1640121374
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis How China Sees the World by : John M. Friend

Han-centrism, a virulent form of Chinese nationalism, asserts that the Han Chinese are superior to other peoples and have a legitimate right to advance Chinese interests at the expense of other countries. Han nationalists have called for policies that will allow China to reclaim the prosperity stolen by foreign powers during the “Century of Humiliation.” The growth of Chinese capabilities and Han-centrism suggests that the United States, its allies, and other countries in Asia will face an increasingly assertive China—one that thinks it possesses a right to dominate international politics. John M. Friend and Bradley A. Thayer explore the roots of the growing Han nationalist group and the implications of Chinese hypernationalism for minorities within China and for international relations. The deeply rooted chauvinism and social Darwinism underlying Han-centrism, along with China’s rapid growth, threaten the current stability of international politics, making national and international competition and conflict over security more likely. Western thinkers have yet to consider the adverse implications of a hypernationalistic China, as opposed to the policies of a pragmatic China, were it to become the world’s dominant state.

The Libertine's Friend

The Libertine's Friend
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9780226857923
ISBN-13 : 0226857921
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Libertine's Friend by : Giovanni Vitiello

Delving into three hundred years of Chinese literature, from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-nineteenth, The Libertine’s Friend uncovers the complex and fascinating history of male homosexual and homosocial relations in the late imperial era. Drawing particularly on overlooked works of pornographic fiction, Giovanni Vitiello offers a frank exploration of the importance of same-sex love and eroticism to the evolution of masculinity in China. Vitiello’s story unfolds chronologically, beginning with the earliest sources on homoeroticism in pre-imperial China and concluding with a look at developments in the twentieth century. Along the way, he identifies a number of recurring characters—for example, the libertine scholar, the chivalric hero, and the lustful monk—and sheds light on a set of key issues, including the social and legal boundaries that regulated sex between men, the rise of male prostitution, and the aesthetics of male beauty. Drawing on this trove of material, Vitiello presents a historical outline of changing notions of male homosexuality in China, revealing the integral part that same-sex desire has played in its culture.