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Writing China: James Jiann Hua To, ‘Qiaowu: Extra-Territorial Policies for the Overseas Chinese’

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China’s Second Continent

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Written by Jonathan Sullivan.

Howard French (2014) China’s Second Continent. New York: Knopf.

Who are the Chinese in Africa? Continue reading →

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Stranger Than Fiction

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Paul French, North Korea: State of Paranoia

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Zed Books, 480pp, £12.99, ISBN 9781780329475

reviewed by Stephen Lee Naish

My Google news feed is often set as to Continue reading →

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Getting Stuck in for Shanghai: Putting the Kibosh on the Kaiser from the Bund; The British at Shanghai and the Great War by Robert Bickers

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2 August 2014 — Getting Stuck in for Continue reading →

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A Soldier Poet, Baring His Soul-Siegfried Sassoon’s World War I Diaries Are Published Online

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By ALAN COWELLAUG. 1, 2014


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Siegfried Sassoon

LONDON — He yearned for “a genuine taste of the horrors.” Continue reading →

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Don’t read this book: A history of literary censorship

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Leo Robson reviews three new works concerned with banned literature.

BY LEO ROBSON PUBLISHED 25 JULY, 2014 – 12:35

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A Nazi book-burning. Photo: Getty
The Zhivago Affair: the Kremlin, the CIA and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book
Peter Finn and Petra Couvée Continue reading →

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The New Emperors-Power and the Princelings in China

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KERRY BROWN 07.23.14

How does one become the leader of the world’s newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to one Continue reading →

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READING THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE’S EYES

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JULY 17, 2014

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You pick up a novel. If it’s any good, Continue reading →

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