"In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the history of contemporary China"--

"Through a series of ... portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today's foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country's rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did a nation, after a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval, foreign occupation, civil war, and revolution, manage to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of...

A dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China. Chronicles his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, as the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; and his exploitation by the invading Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo from 1932 to 1945. He returned to public life in 1959, just another peasant worker in...

Plagued by persistent reports of cannibalism in a province known as the Republic of Wine, the Chinese government sends a special investigator to substantiate the disturbing rumors.

Celebrate the life of the man who reigned over China for the latter part of the 20th century. Learn why he was chosen to lead the Chinese nation after Mao Tse Tung, and how he managed to change China while keeping the peace within.

A biography of the Chinese leader who lost all his offices during the Chinese Cultural Revolution but later returned to power and recently retired from the Central Committee to the Communist Party.

China es una de las civilizaciones m̀s antiguas de la Tierra, pero sus cuatro milenios de historia son muy poco conocidos en Occidente. Michael Wood, que ha viajado a lo largo y ancho del pa̕s asìtico, entreteje en Historia de China una nueva visi̤n del Reino del Centro a la luz de nuevos y apasionantes descubrimientos arqueol̤gicos y nuevas fuentes, que nos permitir̀n tanto leer cartas de humildes soldados como conocer las reflexiones de un...