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Category Archives: Books
Snags in China’s new ISBN distribution system
Guangdong Province didn’t get its new system up in time for GAPP’s change to a per-book licensing model, so publishers were stymied.
Posted in Books, Media regulation
Tagged GAPP, Guangdong, ISBN, publishing
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Raymond Zhou’s X-Ray
Book excerpt: X-Ray: Examining the China Enigma by Raymond Zhou (周黎明). Zhou is a well-known Chinese film critic and culture writer, who has published many books in Chinese. The book, in English, is a collection of 99 essays written for the China Daily.
Posted in Books, China Books
Tagged blogs, books, China Daily, Raymond Zhou, Sina, The New York Times, Wang Xiaofeng
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Houseboat days
Book excerpt: Houseboat Days by J.O.P. Bland, with an introduction by Paul French.
Posted in Books, China Books
Tagged book exerpt, Edmund Backhouse, George Morrison, Houseboat Days, J.O.P. Bland
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Plastic packaging for paperbacks
Buyers of new books like the comfort of knowing that no one has flipped through their book before. Plastic wraps provide that comfort.
Carl Crow’s 400 Million Customers
An excerpt from Carl Crow’s classic 400 Million Customers and an introduction by Paul French.
Posted in Books, China Books
Tagged 1937, 400 Million Customers, books, Carl Crow, Graham Earnshaw, Paul French
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The body in the lake
An extract from a novel by old China hand Chris Taylor.
To die poor is a sin
An excerpt of Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang.
Posted in Books, China Books
Tagged books, Dongguan, migrant workers
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