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References
Dictionaries & Atlases
Cowie, A.P. and Evison, A. Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary
Oxford: Oxford UP, 1986. ISBN: 0195840976.
Garnaut, Anthony. Mandarin
Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet, 2004. ISBN: 1740591798.
Hu, Jerome P. and Lee, Stephen C., ed. Basic Chinese Vocabulary
Chicago: Passport, 1995. ISBN: 0844285277.
Sun Xiudong, ed. Atlas of the People's Republic of China
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, and China Cartographic Publishing House, 1989. ISBN: 0835123197.
Times Books Staff. The Times Atlas of China
London: Times Newspapers, 1973. ISBN: 0812905040.
Further Reading
Chinese History
Crump, James Irving. Chinese Theater in Days of Kublai Khan
Tucson: U Arizona Press, 1980. ISBN: 0816506973.
Dernberger, Robert, ed., DeWoskin, Kenneth, ed., Goldstein, Steven, ed., Murphey, Rhoads, ed., and Whyte, Martin, ed. The Chinese: Adapting the Past, Facing the Future
Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1991. ISBN: 0892641002.
Fairbank, John King. The Great Chinese Revolution 1800-1985
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. ISBN: 006039076X.
Fairbank, John King and Goldman, Merle. China: a New History, 2nd ed.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap, 2006. ISBN: 0674018281.
Salisbury, Harrison E. The Long March: The Untold Story
New York: Mcgraw-Hill, 1985. ISBN: 0070544719.
Salisbury, Harrison E. Tiananmen Diary
Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. ISBN: 0316809055.
Seagrave, Sterling. The Soong Dynasty
New York: Smithmark, 1987. ISBN: 0060153083.
Tuchman, Barbara W. Notes From China
New York: Collier, 1972. ISBN: 0020748000.
Tuchman, Barbara W. Stillwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-45
New York: Macmillan, 1970.
White, Theodore H., and Jacoby Annalee. Thunder out of China
New York: William Sloane, 1946. ISBN: B0006AQYE0.
Winchester, Simon. The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
New York: Henry Holt, 1996. ISBN: 0805038884.
Sociology
Kingston, Maxine Hong. China Men
New York: Knopf, 1980. ISBN: 0394424638.
Wang, Keping. Chinese Philosophy on Life
Beijing: Chinese Languages Press, 2007. ISBN: 9787119041797.
Zhang, Xinxin and Sang, Ye. Chinese Profiles
Beijing: Chinese Literature Press, 1986. ISBN: 0835116034.
Ku, Hung-Ming. The Spirit of the Chinese People
Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1998. ISBN: 9787560014494.
Tourism
Thompson, Hugh and Lane, Kathryn, ed. The Eyewitness Travel Guide to China
New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2005. ISBN: 0756609194.
Le Bas, Tom, ed. The Insight Guide to China
London: Langenscheidt, 2005. ISBN: 1585732893.
Harper, Damian; Cambon, Marie; Gaskell, Katja; Huhti, Thomas; Mayhew, Bradley; Miller, Korina; Org, Mielikki. China
Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet, 2002. ISBN: 1740591178.
Danforth, Kenneth C., ed. Journey into China
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1982. ISBN: 0870444379.
Bonavia, Judy; Hayman, Richard; Bishop, Kevin; Booz, Paddy; and Holdsworth, May. Yangtze: The Yangtze River & the Three Gorges
New York: Odyssey, 2004. ISBN: 9622177336.
Biography
Conn, Peter. Pearl S. Buck: a Cultural Biography
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN: 0521560802.
Heng, Liang and Shapiro, Judith. Son of the Revolution
New York: Knopf, 1983. ISBN: 039452568X.
Hong, Ying. Daughter of the River
Trans. Howard Goldblatt. New York: Grove P, 1999. ISBN: 080211637X.
Jung, Chang. Wild Swans
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN: 0671685465.
Mah, Adeline Yen. Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. ISBN: 0965693015.
Ning, Lao T'ai-t'ai, and Pruitt, Ida. A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman
Stanford: Stanford UP, 1945. ISBN: 0804706050.
Pruitt, Ida. Old Madam Yin: A Memoir of Peking Life
Stanford: Stanford UP, 1979. ISBN: 0804710384.
Saltzman, Mark. Iron & Silk
New York: Vintage, 1987. ISBN: 0394755111.
Xue, Xinran. The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
Trans. Esther Tildesley. New York: Anchor, 2003. ISBN: 1400030803.
Literature
Barnstone, Tony and Chou, Ping, ed. The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry
New York: Anchor Books, 2005. ISBN: 0385721986.
Sun Tzu. The Art of War
Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1997. ISBN: 9787560014456.
Dai, Sijie. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel
Trans. Ina Rilke. New York: Anchor, 2002. ISBN: 0385722206.
Hersey, John. A Single Pebble
Thorndike, Maine: Thorndike, 1992. ISBN: 1560543388.
Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
New York: Vintage, 1989. ISBN: 0679721886.
Liu Jung-En, Translator. Six Yuan Plays
New York: Penguin, 1977. ISBN: 0140442626.
Tan, Amy. The Bonesetter's Daughter
New York: Putnam Adult, 2001. ISBN: 0399146431.
Tan, Amy. The Hundred Secret Senses
New York: Putnam, 1995. ISBN: 0399141146.
Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club
New York: Balantine, 1989. ISBN: 0804106304.
Tan, Amy. The Opposite of Fate: a Book of Musings
New York: Putnam Adult, 2003. ISBN: 0399150749.
Lao She and others. Masterpieces by Modern Chinese Fiction Writers
Trans. Sidney Shapiro and others. Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 2002. ISBN: 7119029452.
Wu Ch'êng-ên. Monkey -- Journey to the West
Trans. Arthur Whaley. New York: Grove, 1984. ISBN: 0802130860.
Shi Nai'an and Luo Guan-zhong. Outlaws of the Marsh (Vol. I-IV) -- The Water Margin
Trans. Sidney Shapiro. Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 2007. ISBN: 7119016628.
Tsao, Hsueh-chin. Dream of the Red Chamber
Trans. Wang Chi-chen. New York: Anchor, 1958. ISBN: 0385093799.
Lo Kuan-chung. Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Vol. I-II)
Trans. C.H. Brewitt-Taylor. Tuttle; Rutland, Vt.; 2002. ISBN: 0804834687.
Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching
Trans. Arthur Whaley. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2007. ISBN: 9787560013725.
Lao, She. Teahouse
Trans. John Howard. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2002. ISBN: 7119027808.
Cao, Yu. Thunderstorm
Trans. Wang Zuoliang. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2006. ISBN: 7119027751.
Language
Newnham, Richard. About Chinese
Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1971.
DeFrancis, John. The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. ISBN: 0824810686.
Björkstén, Johan. Learn to Write Chinese Characters
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. ISBN: 0300057717.