All Book Reviews
Below is a list of the China-related books that China Law & Policy has reviewed. Included below are the CL&P rating and a link to the review. Check back periodically as we read more books and update this list.
The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century
by Bruce J. Dickson
CL&P Review: Nov. 11, 2021
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East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity”
by Philippe Sands
CL&P Review: July 13, 2021
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Recovering Histories: Life and Labor After Heroin in Reform-Era China
by Nicholas Bartlett
CL&P Review: April 6, 2021
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Green Island: A Novel
by Shawna Yang Ryan
CL&P Review: February 27, 2021
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Peking Diary: A Year of Revolution
by Derk Bodde, 1950
CL&P Review: January 26, 2021
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Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
by Barbara Demick, 2020
CL&P Review: December 21, 2020
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Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China
by Leta Hong Fincher, 2018
CL&P Review: January 19, 2020
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The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
by Peter Hessler, 2019
CL&P Review: August 20, 2019
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Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West
by Peter Hessler, 2013
CL&P Review: March 17, 2019
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City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai
by Paul French, 2018
CL&P Review: September 27, 2018
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Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown
by Lauren Hilgers, 2018
CL&P Review: July 9, 2018
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Beijing Bastard: Coming of Age in a Changing China
By Val Wang, 2014
CL&P Review: December 8, 2015
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The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited
By Louisa Lim, 2014
CL&P Review: June 3, 2015
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Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
By Leta Hong Fincher, 2014
CL&P Review: July 18, 2014
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Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing
By Ian Buruma, 2001
CL&P Review: October 17, 2013
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Environmental Litigation in China: A Study in Political Ambivalence
By Rachel Stern, 2013
CL&P Review: May 2, 2013
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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
By Simon Winchester, 2008
CL&P Review: Mar. 25, 2013
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The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories – China from the Bottom Up
By Liao Yiwu, 2009
CL&P Review: Oct. 10, 2012
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The Fat Years: A Novel
By Chan Koonchung, 2012
CL&P Review: June 3, 2012
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Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young English Woman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
By Paul French, 2012
CL&P Review: May 28, 2012
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Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, An American Coach and Two Cultures Clashing
By Jim Yardley, 2012
CL&P Review: April 18, 2012
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Life & Death in Shanghai
By Nien Cheng, 1987
CL&P Review: May 8, 2011
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Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962
By Frank Diotter, 2010
CL&P Review: April 18, 2011
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Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip
By Peter Hessler, 2010
CL&P Review: February 10, 2010
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