Series of essays exploring Chinese history through the life stories of key personalities.
He was nicknamed "the steel mill" for his capacity
He may still be the most famous non-western film s
In the early 1920s, he was just a library assistan
They came out of the countryside and helped to bui
She rose to power behind the scenes in China's lat
This was the duel that shaped China. Hong Xiuquan
He is condemned as China's worst traitor. What mad
To create one character who says something profoun
He was a servant of the Chinese empire, respected
China rarely had an image as a great maritime powe
In 1988, one of the most important television prog
Li Qingzhao, who lived (1084-1151) during the late
If there were a competition for most famous Chines
He was the man with the pleasure dome, according t
He wasn't quite the man who invented history in Ch
In 1927, China's literary scene was struck by a se
Better living through geometry. That was one of th
Millions of Chinese speak the words of Kumarajiva
Rana Mitter argues that we can think about Chinese
Rana Mitter tells the story of Wu Zetian, the only
