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The Death of Mao by James Palmer

by Rana Mitter on Jan 27, 2012 • No Comments
Disaster and intrigue in China after the cultural revolutionOn 12 May 2008, a devastating earthquake ripped apart Wenchuan county in Sichuan province, southwest China. Military and civilian rescuers arrived swiftly at the scene, saving c...
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The Opium War by Julia Lovell

by Rana Mitter on Sep 2, 2011 • No Comments
Julia Lovell gives a mythbusting account of a shameful episode in British-Chinese relationsThe newly refurbished National Museum of China opened in March 2011 in Tiananmen Square, adorned with groundbreaking technology and architecture. But the story i...
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Chinese history: a new chapter

by Rana Mitter on Jul 15, 2011 • No Comments
Frank Dikötter's Mao's Great Famine is part of a welcome new trend to extend our understanding of China beyond the story of communismThe award of the Samuel Johnson prize to the historian Frank Dikötter for his epic Mao's Great Famine makes evident a...
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