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Retribution
by Max Hastings

Reviewed by STEPHEN MAIRE

Every now and again an historian comes up with a new perspective on events and re-works well known events in a refreshing way. Although there is no shortage of books on the Pacific War, Max Hastings in Retribution brings a fresh perspective on the final year of the war in this theater.
Chinese Calligraphy
by Wang Youfen (trans./ed.)

Reviewed by JAMES HAYES

Chinese calligraphy is less well-known in the West than Chinese painting, only becoming more accessible to American and European art lovers in the later 20th century, through the generosity of a few discerning individuals who donated their private collections to public institutions.

Fiction


Socialism is Great!
by Lijia Zhang

Reviewed by JOHN D. VAN FLEET



Love Marriage
by V.V. Ganeshananthan

Reviewed by MELANIE HO



The China Lover
by Ian Buruma

Reviewed by ISAAC STONE FISH



Paper Butterfly
by Diane Wei Liang

Reviewed by SHAHBANO BILGRAMI



Little Hut of Leaping Fishes
by Chiew-Siah Tei

Reviewed by ISAAC STONE FISH



Gardens of Water
by Alan Drew

Reviewed by PETER GORDON



The Ancient Ship
by Zhang Wei

Reviewed by PETER GORDON



My Favourite Wife
by Tony Parsons

Reviewed by PEG FONG



Real World
by Natsuo Kirino

Reviewed by TODD SHIMODA



The Ginseng Hunter
by Jeff Talarigo

Reviewed by PETER GORDON



Beijing Coma
by Ma Jian

Reviewed by ROBERT H. ABEL



The Eye of Jade
by Diane Wei Liang

Reviewed by SHAHBANO BILGRAMI



The Ghost War
by Alex Berenson

Reviewed by PETER GORDON



The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga

Reviewed by NIGEL COLLETT


Nonfiction


Global Shanghai 1850-2010
by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Reviewed by KERRY BROWN



The Fold
by An Na

Reviewed by KARMEL SCHREYER



Undercurrents: Queer Culture and Postcolonial Hong Kong
by Helen Leung Hok-sze

Reviewed by NIGEL COLLETT



New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters
by Joe Earle

Reviewed by TODD SHIMODA



City of Heavenly Tranquility: Beijing in the History of China
by Jasper Becker

Reviewed by TIM O'CONNELL



What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami

Reviewed by WAYNE E. YANG



Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945: Life in the Japanese Civilian Camp at Stanley
by Geoffrey Emerson

Reviewed by BILL PURVES



KFC in China, Secret Recipe for Success
by Warren K. Liu

Reviewed by JOHN D. VAN FLEET



Russian Rule in Samarkand 1868-1910: A Comparison with British India
by Alexander Morrison

Reviewed by PETER GORDON



The Age of Openness, China Before Mao
by Frank Dikotter

Reviewed by KERRY BROWN



Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
by Christina Thompson

Reviewed by BILL PURVES



The Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China Before Mao
by Charles N. Li

Reviewed by PEG FONG



Man on Mao's Right: From Harvard Yard to Tiananmen Square, My Life Inside China's Foreign Ministry
by Ji Chaozhu

Reviewed by KERRY BROWN



The Forbidden City
by Geremie R. Barme

Reviewed by TIM O'CONNELL



Wild China: Natural Wonders of the World's Most Enigmatic Land
by Phil Chapman

Reviewed by PETER GORDON



Animal's People
by Indra Sinha

Reviewed by NIRANJANA IYER



Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
by Philip Pan

Reviewed by MARK CLIFFORD



Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan will Shape the Next Decade
by Bill Emmott

Reviewed by KERRY BROWN



The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
by George Soros

Reviewed by WAYNE E. YANG



Descent into Chaos
by Ahmed Rashid

Reviewed by MARK CLIFFORD



Join the Revolution, Comrade
by Charles Foran

Reviewed by PETER GORDON



Empires of the Indus
by Alice Albinia

Reviewed by NIGEL COLLETT



Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895-2008
by Xu Guoqi

Reviewed by STEPHEN MAIRE



The Open Road
by Pico Iyer

Reviewed by TERRY GROSE



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Anti-war demonstrations in Iran universities
Muhammad Gharebag

Tehran, Iran



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