Dr. Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician. For most of these years, Mao was in excellent health; thus he and the doctor had time to discuss political and personal matters. Dr. Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries, as well as in his memory. In this book, Dr. Li vividly reconstructs his extraordinary time with Chairman Mao.

    Here is China by rail, as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of one of the most intrepid and insightful travel writers of our time.

    The August Sleepwalker is an extremely popular book (30,000 copies sold in China in one month) which was quickly banned by the Chinese government. The collection includes all of the poems Bei Dao published between 1970 and 1986. Bei Dao has lived in exile since the Tiananmen Incident. He is widely esteemed as one of contemporary China's most significant writers. His work is experimental, and subjective, while remaining passionately engaged in the individual's response to a disordered world.

    . . . Food is placed in its contexts, which range from questions of land tenure to those of ritual. It is a book that can be read with pleasure both by amateurs of Chinese cooking and by persons interested in issues of agriculture and nutrition."—Ann Waltner, Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science E.N. Anderson’s comprehensive, entertaining historical and ethnographic account of Chinese food from the Bronze Age to the twentieth century shows how food has been central to Chinese governmental policies, religious rituals, and health practices from earliest times.  The historical survey of agricultural and culinary customs, in the first half of the book, offers a wealth of fact and interpretation on such topics as the effect of government policy on agricultural innovation; the relation of medical beliefs to appetizing cuisine; the recycling of waste products on the farm; the traditional absence of food taboos (including the practicality of eating one’s pests, or feeding them to pigs and chickens, instead of poisoning them and the environment); and the key factors in the gourmet quality of Chinese food from the simplest to the most elaborate dishes.  Without glossing over the occurrences of famine China’s history, Anderson concludes that the full story is one of remarkable success in feeding maximum populations over the millennia.  Underpinning this accomplishment, he cites China’s traditional stress on food as the basis of the state and as fundamental not only to individual well-being but to the enjoyment of life.  Anderson turns to present-day China in the latter half of the book, describing in rich and enticing detail the regional varieties in Chinese diet, food preparation, and rituals of eating and drinking.  These lively, readable chapters as well as those in the first half of The Food of China make it a prime source for anyone—general readers and scholars alike—with an interest in Chinese history or food.

    

    

    They are spreading throughout the country from Boston to San Francisco. Now Gerald Posner presents the startling story and offers innovative methods for dealing with the problem. Illustrations.

    The theme of the book is China's relations with the non-Chinese world, not only political and economic, but cultural, social and technological as well. It seeks to show that China's history is part of everyone's history. In particular it traces China's relationship since the thirteenth century to the emergent world order and various world institutions of which that order is comprised. Each chapter discusses China's comparative place in the world, the avenues of contact between China and other civilizations, and who and what passed along these channels.

    In recent years, with large tracts of bamboo blossoming and withering away in the giant panda's havitat, it has been faced with the treat of starvation. The fate of the giant panda has aroused the concern of countless young and old adults in many countries.

    

    His techniques, tips, and recipes are all here: Classic dishes from Peking, Shanghai, Szechuan, and Canton; how to shop, cook, and serve, and much more. This book is for the connoisseur of fine food--highly informative, a pleasure to read.

    Hartzell

    Items produced by the Chinese imperial workshops were gathered from all over China into this one show. You'll never view all these pieces together in one place again. The photographs are exquisite, featuring some of the best items from the exhibit. The text gives brief overviews of various aspects of life inside the Imperial Court of China, arranged by "rooms" for each broad subject. Most of the items in this book were made specifically for the Chinese Imperial Court and are, thus, examples of the highest quality of craftsmanship at the time of their creation. Not to be missed are the Jade and Gold Belt, and the Emperor's Dragon Robe. Both are examples of the intricacy and incredible skill that went into making items for the Son of Heaven. As a side note, there was also a video of the same title available for sale along side this book. If you have a chance to purchase it, by all means, DO IT! The items presented, the authentic music and narration enhance the experience even more/THIS BOOK IS FLAWLESS AND BRAND NEW /THIS IS A GIFT QUALITY BOOK/FAST SHIPPING ALL AROUND THE GLOBE /OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE/.

    Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.

    These operations are the basic techniques in the production of yarn and thread, pre-requisite to weaving, and any study of Chinese textile technology must start with the raw material obtained from fibre plants such as hemp, ramie, jute, cotton, etc, and silk reeled off from cocoons of the domestic silkworm. The time-span covered runs from the neolithic to the nineteenth century. Archaeological and pictoral evidence, the bulk of it hitherto unpublished in the West, is brought together with Chinese textual sources (which are extensively translated and interpreted) to illustrate Chinese achievements in this field. Professor Kuhn's study reveals the way in which Chinese textile-technological inventiveness has influenced textile production in other regions of the world and in medieval Europe. It explains how textile technology reached its high point between the tenth and thirteenth centuries and attempts to indicate the reasons for its subsequent relative decline. The development of the textile industry in Europe was a key factor in the rise of capitalism. In the case of China after Sung times, textile technology and the organisation of textile labour may help indicate why such a development did not take place in China.

    Comprehensive information and fault-finding strategies provide the insight and confidence you need to tackle frustrating break-downs, helping to save valuable time and money. Whether it is the video recorder or vacuum cleaner, electric drill or tumbledryer, being without an appliance you often rely on is inconvenient and exasperating. Furthermore, getting them fixed by professionals is time-consuming and can be very expensive, even for the most simple of repairs. With this book, you don't need to be an expert to tackle most of the tiresome break-downs and faults thrown up by your household equipment. Everything is explained simply, yet comprehensively, in this highly illustrated manual. Packed with advice from professional repair and maintenance engineers, the book de-mystifies the workings of basic household equipment and provides the knowledge to solve common problems.