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Nomonhan, 1939
- The Red Army's Victory that Shaped World War II
- By: Stuart D. Goldman
- Narrated by: John FitzGibbon
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Stuart Goldman convincingly argues that a little-known, but intense, Soviet-Japanese conflict along the Manchurian- Mongolian frontier at Nomonhan influenced the outbreak of World War II and shaped the course of the war. The author draws on Japanese, Soviet, and western sources to put the seemingly obscure conflict - actually a small undeclared war - into its proper global geo-strategic perspective.The book describes how the Soviets, in response to a border conflict provoked by Japan, launched an offensive in August 1939 that wiped out the Japanese forces at Nomonhan.
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Interesting
- By Anonymous on 26-11-15
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Nomonhan, 1939
- The Red Army's Victory that Shaped World War II
- Narrated by: John FitzGibbon
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 10-04-13
- Language: English
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The Colour of the Sky After Rain
- By: Tessa Keswick
- Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Tessa Keswick first travelled to China in 1982 and immediately fell in love with its history, culture and landscape. Over the next 30 years, she travelled extensively in China, visiting its temples and landmarks, the sites of its most famous battles and the birthplaces of its best-known poets and philosophers. She also witnessed China's transformation, as hundreds of millions were lifted out of poverty and the country emerged as an economic superpower in waiting.
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The wonders and tragedies of China
- By Carol Turner on 03-02-23
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The Colour of the Sky After Rain
- Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 22-10-20
- Language: English
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The World Turned Upside Down
- America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership
- By: Clyde Prestowitz
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, most experts expected the WTO rules and procedures would liberalize China and make it "a responsible stakeholder in the liberal world order". But the experts made the wrong bet. China today is liberalizing neither economically nor politically but, if anything, becoming more authoritarian and mercantilist. In this book, renowned globalization and Asia expert Clyde Prestowitz describes the key challenges posed by China and the strategies America and the Free World must adopt to meet them.
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A very informative book.
- By Bruno Saragat on 06-02-21
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The World Turned Upside Down
- America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 26-01-21
- Language: English
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The Box with the Sunflower Clasp
- Uncovering a Jewish Family's Flight to Wartime Shanghai
- By: Rachel Meller
- Narrated by: Sarah Cullum
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Rachel Meller was never close to her aunt Lisbeth, a cool, unemotional woman with a drawling Viennese-Californian accent, a cigarette in her hand. But when Lisbeth died, she left Rachel an intricately carved Chinese box with a sunflower clasp. Inside the box were photographs, letters and documents that led Rachel to uncover a story she had never known: that of a passionate Jewish teenager growing up in elegant Vienna, who was caught up by war, and forced to flee to Shanghai.
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Jewish family's survival in war-time Shanghai.
- By ABI on 17-10-25
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The Box with the Sunflower Clasp
- Uncovering a Jewish Family's Flight to Wartime Shanghai
- Narrated by: Sarah Cullum
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-06-25
- Language: English
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China's Great Wall of Debt
- Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans and the End of the Chinese Miracle
- By: Dinny McMahon
- Narrated by: Dinny McMahon, Roger Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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China's Great Wall of Debt is a penetrating examination of the country's opaque financial system and the complex factors - demographic shifts, urbanisation, industrialisation, a pervasive over-reliance on debt-fuelled investments - that have brought the country to the brink of crisis. Anchored by stories of China's cities and its people, from factory workers and displaced farmers to government officials and entrepreneurs, the narrative will take readers inside the country's ghost cities, zombie companies, start-ups, and regulatory institutions as McMahon explains how things got so bad, why fixing the problems is so hard, and what the economic outlook means for China and for the rest of us.
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Made it all boring
- By Mr. T. P. Bedingfield on 24-06-18
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China's Great Wall of Debt
- Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans and the End of the Chinese Miracle
- Narrated by: Dinny McMahon, Roger Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 07-06-18
- Language: English
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Second Sino-Japanese War
- A Captivating Guide to a Military Conflict Primarily Waged Between China and Japan and the Rape of Nanking
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Many people in the West look upon the Second Sino-Japanese War, which took place in the 1930s and 1940s, as a sort of sideshow to the larger Second World War, but there is no separating the two. Imagine the Pacific War, the theater of World War II that took place in the Pacific. If the Japanese were not busy fighting on another front, they would have had millions of more troops available to fight the Americans and the British. In all likelihood, World War II would have ended the same way, but it would have taken much longer and cost that many more lives.
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EXCELLENT ACCOUNT OF SIN-JAPANESE WAR
- By Helen Unsworth on 23-11-21
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Second Sino-Japanese War
- A Captivating Guide to a Military Conflict Primarily Waged Between China and Japan and the Rape of Nanking
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 15-09-21
- Language: English
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The Second Sino-Japanese War
- A Captivating Guide to Military Conflict That Began Between China and Japan, Including Events Such as the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria and the Nanjing Massacre
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Many people in the West look upon the Second Sino-Japanese War, which took place in the 1930s and 1940s, as a sort of sideshow to the larger Second World War, but there is no separating the two. Imagine the Pacific War, the theater of World War II that took place in the Pacific. If the Japanese were not busy fighting on another front, they would have had millions of more troops available to fight the Americans and the British. In all likelihood, World War II would have ended the same way, but it would have taken much longer and cost that many more lives.
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Disappointing
- By c meddings on 21-09-20
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The Second Sino-Japanese War
- A Captivating Guide to Military Conflict That Began Between China and Japan, Including Events Such as the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria and the Nanjing Massacre
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-04-20
- Language: English
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Street of Eternal Happiness
- Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road
- By: Rob Schmitz
- Narrated by: Tim Flavin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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A timely and engaging look at the new China told through the stories of its ordinary people. Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas and opportunity. Rob Schmitz is one of them. He immerses himself in his neighbourhood, forging relationships with ordinary people who see a brighter future in the city's sleek skyline.
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Essential reading for all the laowai in Shanghai
- By Anton Kruger on 02-12-19
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Street of Eternal Happiness
- Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road
- Narrated by: Tim Flavin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 11-05-16
- Language: English
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The Emperor Far Away
- Travels at the Edge of China
- By: David Eimer
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Far from the glittering cities of Beijing and Shaghai, China's borderlands are populated by around one hundred million people who are not Han Chinese. For many of these restive minorities, the old Chinese adage "the mountains are high and the Emperor far away", meaning Beijing's grip on power is tenuous and its influence unwelcome, continues to resonate.
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As if I'd been there too
- By Joy Manne on 21-03-23
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The Emperor Far Away
- Travels at the Edge of China
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 16-09-14
- Language: English
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Silk Silver Opium
- The Trade with China that Changed History
- By: Michael Pembroke
- Narrated by: Michael Pembroke
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable – war and humiliation. Much about China's modern relationship with the West is the product of its past interactions, conflicts, victories and humiliations.
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Silk Silver Opium
- The Trade with China that Changed History
- Narrated by: Michael Pembroke
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-09-25
- Language: English
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Confucius: A Life from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Bridger Conklin
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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When Confucius spoke, people listened, and they still listen today. The wisdom of this Chinese philosopher, teacher, politician, and writer still rings as true today as it did over 2,000 years ago. Who was the legend who has become revered as a sage throughout the ages? To put it shortly, he was a simple man. Confucius was born into poverty, but at an early age he came to value education, integrity, and moral behavior. This audiobook tells the story of the life of the world-renowned philosopher and scholar, and it describes the tenets of his philosophy in a succinct manner.
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Confucius: A Life from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Bridger Conklin
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 09-02-18
- Language: English
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The House of Yan
- A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History
- By: Lan Yan
- Narrated by: Angela Lin
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family’s history through early 20th Century to present day. The history of the Yan family is inseparable from the history of China over the last century. One of the most influential...
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The House of Yan
- A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History
- Narrated by: Angela Lin
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 28-01-20
- Language: English
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Modern China
- A Captivating Guide to Modern Chinese History
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Let’s take a look at the past 120 years of Chinese history, from the country’s start as a backward, struggling empire in the late 19th century to a totalitarian communist superpower.
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Modern China
- A Captivating Guide to Modern Chinese History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-06-23
- Language: English
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The Last Embassy
- The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China
- By: Tonio Andrade
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing narrative of modern Sino-European relations. Summarily dismissed by the Qing court, Macartney failed in nearly all of his objectives, perhaps setting the stage for the Opium Wars of the 19th century and the mistrust that still marks the relationship today. The Last Embassy tells the story of the Dutch mission of 1795, bringing to light a dramatic but little-known episode that transforms our understanding of the history of China and the West.
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Exchange of the two different cultures
- By Reading12 on 20-01-25
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The Last Embassy
- The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-06-21
- Language: English
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China Goes Global
- The Partial Power
- By: David Shambaugh
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics - China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic development - few have focused on how this increasingly powerful nation has become more active and assertive throughout the world.
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China Goes Global
- The Partial Power
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 17-12-13
- Language: English
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Gang of One
- Memoirs of a Red Guard
- By: Fan Shen
- Narrated by: Kirk Winkler
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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In 1966 Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. Disillusionment soon followed, then turned to disgust and fear when Shen discovered that his compatriots had tortured and murdered a doctor whose house he'd helped raid and whose beautiful daughter he secretly adored. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, Shen's Gang of One is more than a memoir of one young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror.
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Fascinating
- By Anonymous on 14-09-21
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Gang of One
- Memoirs of a Red Guard
- Narrated by: Kirk Winkler
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 20-04-17
- Language: English
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Great State
- China and the World
- By: Timothy Brook
- Narrated by: Timothy Brook
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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China is one of the oldest states in the world. But, despite the desires of some of the most powerful people in the Great State through the ages, China has never been alone in the world. It has had to contend with invaders from the steppe and the challenges posed by foreign traders and imperialists. Indeed, its rulers for the majority of the last eight centuries have not been Chinese. Timothy Brook examines China's relationship with the world from the Yuan through to the present by following the stories of people navigating the spaces where China met and meets the world.
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Great State
- China and the World
- Narrated by: Timothy Brook
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-08-23
- Language: English
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The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
- The History and Legacy of One of China's Most Famous Buildings
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The tremendous temples, captivating churches, magnificent mosques, and palatial places of worship around the world come in all shapes and sizes, and pay tribute to an array of gods and deities, but they all share one thing in common. These glorious structures, the pride and joy of a religion, are sacred spaces for prayer, meditation, and the veneration of one's god or gods. As such, they are designed and adorned with the most divine and irreplaceable hallmarks to honor their holy fathers and mothers.
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The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
- The History and Legacy of One of China's Most Famous Buildings
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 08-08-17
- Language: English
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The Elements of Power
- A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth
- By: Nicolas Niarchos
- Narrated by: Nicolas Niarchos
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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“A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics . . . Niarchos has produced an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism.” —Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times best-selling author of...
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The Elements of Power
- A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth
- Narrated by: Nicolas Niarchos
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 20-01-26
- Language: English
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The Peking Express
- The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
- By: James M Zimmerman
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era. In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a new...
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The Peking Express
- The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 04-04-23
- Language: English
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