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Beijing Bestsellers: Religion, History, and Bow-Tie Tsang

Posted on 2005-07-02 by Joel Martinsen

Cover of the new Donald Tsang biography There is little change in the makeup of the overall list of bestsellers this week. The joint history text stays at the top for the third week in a row. And as two … Continue reading →

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Beijing Bestsellers: History, Lu Qin, and Magistrate Bao

Posted on 2005-06-24 by Joel Martinsen

This week Danwei adds a new feature: a list of the week’s bestselling books in Beijing. The list is taken from the Friday Book Review section in The Beijing News, which compiles its data from the city’s major online and … Continue reading →

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A positive look at the Nationalist Party

Posted on 2005-06-21 by Joel Martinsen

A book applauds KMT contributions to the anti-Japanese war effort.

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The last banned book of 2004

Posted on 2005-01-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

An irreverent book of classic stories retold gets banned.

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