ChinaDiction
Chris Taylor'Greater China' – commentary and book reviews.
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The Chinese Babel
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Liberation by Diktat
Mao Zedong in Yan’an with ‘peasants.’
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COMMON CHINA-WATCHING LORE has it that red flags flew and every “peasant” in China celebrated when Mao Zedong announced...
Finding Freedom in Chains
The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
Yi-ling Liu
Knopf
June 3, 2025
335 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0593491867
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The Future Then And Now
Wild Ride: A Short History of the Opening and Closing of the Chinese Economy
Anne Stevenson-Yang
Bui Jones Books
June 3, 2024
144 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1739424367
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