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Traces the Chinese economic structure and corporate growth over the last several years and examines how and why it has become the center of global capitalism that has surpassed that of the United States and the impact on operations around the world.

Photographs and text provide a look at the landscape and towns along the Yangtze River before, during, and after the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, and give insight into how life has changed along the river since the building of the controversial structure.

The author presents the story of her great-grandmother Lilla's life growing up in a privileged family in North China and the cookbook she composed at age sixty while held prisoner by the Japanese during World War Two.

Reveals details on the Japanese biological warfare project that killed an estimated 580,000 Chinese civilians and Asian and Allied prisoners in the 1930s and 1940s through germ attacks and medical experiments, and the deal the U.S. made with the Japanese that gave Unit 731 scientists immunity in exchange for their research.

The author shares the story of her experiences while riding a bicycle on an eight-month, eight-thousand-kilometer trek from Mongolia, through China, and down the length of Vietnam.

Contains over thirty Asian stories, covering a geographic region that extends from Pakistan across to Japan; and includes a brief look at Asia, and an introduction to several modern Asian storytellers and styles.

Recipes and techniques of regional cooking in China, Yan's native land.

An eyewitness account of the events in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Includes interviews with Chinese about their lives.

Describes the author's travels by train in every province of the People's Republic of China.