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Did you know that Shah Jahan once planned to build another Taj Mahal in his empire? Ancient sources contradict each other, which can be confusing at times. But that is about to change. With this all-new history book, you can easily explore the gripping events that led to the construction of the Seven Wonders of the New World.

The history of China as a single nation began more than 2,000 years ago, when Qin Shi Huangdi first united a group of warring kingdoms into a single empire. China was then ruled by a series of imperial dynasties until the last one—the Qing Dynasty—fell in 1912. The 275-year period of Qing rule saw China becoming a world superpower, gaining dominance over present-day Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam, as well as becoming the center of global trade.

In het weelderige landschap van de Chinese mythologie ontvouwen zich eeuwenoude verhalen als delicate lotusbloemen, elk petal gedrenkt in de rijke geschiedenis en diepgaande betekenis van het Oosten. "Hemelse Vertellingen" nodigt je uit voor een betoverende reis door de mysterieuze rijken van goden, godinnen, mythen en sagen die diep verankerd zijn in de ziel van China.

The past is a battleground in many countries, but in China it is crucial to political power. In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. Marxism gave this a modern gloss, describing history as an unstoppable force heading toward Communism's triumph. The Chinese Communist Party builds on these ideas to whitewash its misdeeds and glorify its rule. But in recent years, independent writers, artists, and filmmakers have begun challenging this state-led disremembering.

Bloomsbury presents The Cultural Revolution by Frank Dikötter, read by Daniel York Loh. Acclaimed by the Daily Mail as 'definitive and harrowing', this is the final volume of ‘The People’s Trilogy', begun by the Samuel Johnson prize-winning Mao's Great Famine. 'The seminal English language...

Bernardine Szold Fritz arrived in Shanghai in 1929 to marry her fourth husband. Only thirty-three years old, she found herself in a time and place like no other. Political intrigue and scandal lurked on every street corner. Art Deco cinemas showed the latest Hollywood flicks, while dancehall owners and jazz musicians turned Shanghai into Asia's top nightlife destination. Yet from the night of their wedding, Bernardine's new husband did not live up to his promises. Instead of feeling sorry for herself or leaving Shanghai, Bernardine decided to make a place for herself.

This book delves into the geopolitical influence of China, providing a comprehensive analysis of its rise as a global power. The author explores various dimensions that contribute to China's growing influence, such as its economic power, military capabilities, strategic positioning, and technological ambitions.

"Kampen om Taiwans demokrati" giver et enestående indblik i det, der kan blive verdens næste geopolitiske brændpunkt. Kina-ekspert og tidligere topdiplomat Jonas Parello-Plesner er rejst til Taiwan for at undersøge, hvordan taiwanerne oplever landets konflikt med sin store nabo, Kina. Kinas præsident, Xi Jinping, ser det som sit prestigeprojekt at indlemme Taiwan i fastlands-Kina. ”At samle moderlandet,” lyder sloganet, og 2027 er sat som tidsfrist for et angreb fra Kina.

Europa im Spannungsfeld zwischen China, Russland und den USA. Weltmacht, Wirtschaftsmacht, wachsende Spannungen in den internationalen Beziehungen: China erzeugt in Europa zunehmend Angst. Doch das muss nicht sein, zeigt Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik: Europa, so der überraschende Befund, ist im geopolitischen Kräfte- und Mächtespiel zwischen China, USA und Russland der versteckte Akteur, der durchaus entscheidend sein kann.

Der SPIEGEL-Bestseller, von dem die chinesische Regierung nicht will, dass wir ihn hören: Money, Macht und Willkür in China Wann ist man wirklich mächtig? Wenn auf dem Konto eine Milliarde liegt? Wenn die Ehefrau mit der Frau des Premiers beim Shoppen große Geschäfte macht?Desmond Shum wächst in Shanghai und Hongkong auf. Nach dem Studium in den USA stürzt er sich ins Beijinger Businessleben mit dem Blickwinkel eines Outsiders und den richtigen Connections. Er scheffelt mit Immobilientransaktionen Geld. Ehefrau Whitney pflegt Beziehungen zu Ehefrauen wichtiger politischer Akteure.

A harrowing dual memoir that braids the story of a Chinese-American woman’s search for identity with the dramatic tale of her great-aunt, who was born at the turn of the century in tradition-bound China and went on to become Vice President of China’s first women’s bank. "In China, a woman...

Lange galt China als eine Art sanfter, schlafender Riese. Zwar war das politische System und dessen Menschenrechtsverletzungen nur schwer vereinbar mit westlichen demokratischen Werten, doch man setzte auf das Prinzip »Wandel durch Handel«. China würde sich mit steigendem Wohlstand schon öffnen. Doch das Gegenteil ist eingetreten: China verschließt sich nach außen, hat aber enorm an wirtschaftlichen und politischen Einfluss gewonnen. Bereits seit 2013 schafft die kommunistische Partei mit Krediten, Investitionen und Entwicklungsprojekten neue Absatzmärkte und hat neue Seidenstraßen erschlossen.

Ten years ago, Jess left a high-powered finance job to become a stay-at-home mom. She thought she’d left her past behind, but it keeps coming back to haunt her. First, there was the blackmail video of her cheating husband. Then, the revelation that her former co-workers were the ones responsible. Now, she’s being targeted by an international crime syndicate that’s hell-bent on silencing her. This is her incredible true story.

The history of China in the twentieth century is comprised of a long series of shocks: the 1911 revolution, the civil war between the communists and the nationalists, the Japanese invasion, the revolution, the various catastrophic campaigns initiated by Chairman Mao between 1949 and 1976, its great opening to the world under Deng, and the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Yuan-tsung Chen lived through most of it, and at certain points in close proximity to the seat of communist power.

The 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form or another. Its naval supremacy linked the Commonwealth of Canada with the colonies in South Africa and India, and through them, trade flowed east and west.

Bloomsbury presents China After Mao by Frank Dikötter, read by Daniel York Loh. “A blow-by-blow account … An important corrective to the conventional view of China’s rise.”—Financial Times From internationally renowned historian Frank Dikötter, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, a...

Through Caubriere's experience, At the Frontier of God's Empire examines Chinese people at social and cultural margins during this period. A wealth of primary sources and family letters illuminate vital issues in modern Chinese history, such as the transformation of local society, mass migration and religion, tensions between church and state, and the importance of cross-cultural exchanges in everyday life in Chinese Catholic communities.

You may have seen a bird holding branches in its beak in order to build its nest, but have you ever seen a bird picking up pebbles to throw into a vast expanse of water? There was indeed such a bird in ancient China.

Fear swept Zhenjiang as British soldiers gathered outside the city walls in the summer of 1842. Already suspicious of foreigners, locals had also heard of the suffering the British inflicted two months earlier, in Zhapu. A wave of suicides and mercy killings ensued: rather than leave their families to the invaders, hundreds of women killed themselves and their children or died at the hands of male family members. British observers decried an "Asian culture" of ritual suicide. In reality, the event was sui generis—a tragic result of colliding local and global forces in nineteenth-century China.

En 1949, tras una sangrienta guerra civil, Mao Zedong izó la bandera roja en la Ciudad Prohibida de Pekín. Pero la victoria del Partido Comunista de China sobre las fuerzas de Chiang Kai-shek no trajo paz, libertad y justicia, sino la instauración del sistema del terror propio de los regímenes totalitarios y la violencia sistemática que causó la muerte de cinco millones de personas.