china

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china

Yao Ming

2009
An introduction to the life of professional basketball player Yao Ming that discusses his childhood in China, recruitment in the 2002 NBA draft, strong work ethic, personal life, and other related topics.

The laughing sutra

a novel
1992
Adventure featuring a warrior who travels through time to teach a boy orphaned by Mao's cultural revolution.

The good earth

1994
The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.

The genius of China

3,000 years of science, discovery, and invention
1986
An introduction to the achievements of ancient China.

The serpent's children

1996
In nineteenth-century China, a young girl struggles to protect her family from the threat of bandits, famine, and an ideological conflict between her father and brother.

Tombstone

the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962
2012
An account of the famine that killed roughly thirty-six million Chinese during the Great Leap Forward examines how the communist ideologies and collectivization campaigns perpetuated by the country's leaders caused the catastrophe.

Red alert

how China's growing prosperity threatens the American way of life
2011
An expert on global economic trends demonstrates how China continues to increase its economic reach and examines the country's growing political, economic, and social power and the threat it poses to the West.

A heart for freedom

the remarkable journey of a young dissident, her daring escape, and her quest to free China's daughters
2011

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