Suggested Resource List

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Educators in China Tour<= /b>

by Dr. Denise R. A= mes
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list compiled 2/12= /09 check back for updates

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Books: History, Culture, Cur= rent Events

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Ames, Denise R. Waves of Global Change: A Holistic World History. (forthcoming, summer <= /o:p>

   2009)

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Becker, Jasper, Dragon Rising: An Inside Look at China Today, Washington D.C.<= /st1:place>: National

   Geographic, 2006. (other good Jasper Becker books as well)

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Becker Jasper. Hungry Ghosts: Mao’s Secret Fami= ne. New York: Free Press, 1996.

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Cotterell, Maurice= . The Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor’s Army.

   Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2003.

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Di Cosmo, Nicola. = Ancient China and Its Enemies: The Ri= se of Nomadic Power in East Asian

   History. Cambridge: Cambridge= University Press, 2004. (havenR= 17;t read but good reviews)

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Dong, Stella. Shanghai: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City. <= st1:State w:st=3D"on">New York: Morrow, 2000.

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Esherick, Joseph W. Pickowicz, Paul G. and. Walder, Andrew G. China’s Cultural Revolution As

   History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. (havenR= 17;t read this one but good

   reviews)
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Fairbank, John King (and Goldman, Merle, author added in the revised, enlarged editio= n). China: =

   A New History, Cam= bridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1992 (new edition 2006). (Fairbank is

   considered an authority on <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">China)

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Fairbank, John Kin= g, Reischauer, Edwin, and (later editions include Craig, Albert M.) China:

   Tradition and Transformation. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Co. 1989. (good overview textbook of
   the region, although expensi= ve when I checked on Amazon, updated 1998 in paperback)

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Fairbank, John Kin= g, Reischauer, Edwin, and Craig, Albert M. East Asia: Tradition and

   Transformation. Bo= ston: Houghton Mifflin, Co. 1989. (good overview textbook, very

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Fairbank, John Kin= g. The Great Chinese Revolution 1800-1985= . New York: Perenn= ial Library,

   1986. (dated a bit, but good= value used price on Amazon)

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Fenby, Jonathan. Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a= Great Powe,1850 to the Present, New

   York: HarperCollins, 2008. (haven’= ;t read, good reviews, but 816 pages!)

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Haung, Ray. China: A Macro History. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.,1988. (I read this awhile

   back now an updated 1997 ver= sion on Amazon)

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Hessler, Peter. Or= acle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present. New Yor= k:

   HarperCollins, 2006.

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Hom, Sharon and Mo= sher, Stacy, eds. Challenging China: = Struggle and Hope in an Era of

   Change. New York: The New Press, 2007.

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Portal, Jane, ed. = The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army= . Cambridge: Harvard University

   Press, 2007.

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Spence, Jonathan D= . Mao Zedong. New York: A Lipper/Viking Book, 1999.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>

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Spence, Jonathan D= . The Search for Modern China. New York: W.W. Norton, 1990. (I read t= his a

   while back as well, but now = a 1999 updated edition).

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Weatherford, Jack.= Genghis Khan and the Making of the Mod= ern World. New York: Three Rivers

   Press, 2004. (interesting bo= ok)

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Reference Books: =

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The Cambridge History of China. good reference book. multiple volumes, various authors = among

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Literature, Fiction, Personal Stories

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Malraux, Andre. Man’s Fate. New York: Vintage International, 1934.=

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Chang, Jung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. New York: Anchor Books, 1991.

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Chin, Pa. The Family. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1972.

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Hahn, Emily. The Soong Sisters. New York: Publisher ?, 2003=

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Jiang, Ji-Li. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultur= al Revolution. New York: HarperCollins,

   1997.

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Lee, Jennifer 8. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventu= res in the World of Chinese Food.

   New York: Twelve, 2008.

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Li, Charles N. The Bitter<= /st1:PlaceName> Sea: Coming of Age in China Before Mao. New York: HarperCollins,

   2008.

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Li, Cunxin, Mao’s Last Dancer. New York: Putnam= , 2003.

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Books: Current Topics

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George, Zhibin Gu = and Andre, Gunder Frank. China’s = Global Reach: Markets, Multinationals, and

   Globalization. 2006.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>

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Harney, Alexandra.= The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage. New

   York: Penguin Press, 2008.

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Ross, Andrew. Fast Boat to China: Lessons from Shanghai Corporate Flight and the

   Consequences of Free Trade. New York: Pantheon Books, 2006.

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Wasserman, Jeffrey= N. China’s Brave New World: And Other Tales for Global Times. <= /span>

   Bloomi= ngton, IN: Indiana University Press, 2= 007.

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Travel Books & Guides

Amazon has a long = list of Chinese travel guides. I have found the Lonely Planet Guides good on other trips, but I don’t have a preference for a Chinese guide. Your commen= ts are welcome.

Articles:=

Economic Issues

Children in China Pay Price for Our Cheap Toys

China: Capitalism Doesn't Require Democracy

Group Finds China Toy Factory Conditions 'Brutal= '

Environmental Issues

China About to Pass US as World's Top Generator = of Greenhouse Gases

China's e-Waste Capital Chokes on old Computers =

China Eats the World

China and the Climate Change Crisis

China is Losing the War on Advancing Deserts

China's Not Alone in Environmental Crisis

China Passes US as World's Biggest CO2 Emitter

China Powers Ahead on Renewable Energy

China Pressured World Bank to Cut Deadly Polluti= on Figures

Dust Bowl Threatening China's Future

'Ecological Meltdown': Huge Dust Cloud Threatens= Asia

The Last Empire: China's Pollution Problem Goes = Global

Pollution Killing Kids in China, India

Reflections on China's Growing CO2 Emissions

Social Issues

Accused of Abusing Workers, Animals and Watershe= ds, 'Teflon' Tyson Eyes China

China Blames Growing Social Unrest on Anger Over Pollution

China's "Cancer Villages" Pay Heavy Pr= ice for Economic Progress

China Overtaking US for Fast Internet Access as = Africa gets Left Behind

China: Three Gorges Dam May Displace Millions Mo= re

China's Top 1% Control 70% of Wealth

Political Issues

China's All-Seeing Eye

China's Genocide Games

China Orders Resettlement of Thousands of Tibeta= ns

The China Syndrome<= /i>

Dalai Lama: 'I am prepared to face China. I will= go to Beijing'

Human Rights First: New Report: China’s Oil Interests in Sudan Fueling Darfur Violence=

Human Rights Watch: China: Beijing's Migrant Construction Worke= rs Abused

The Hypocrisy and Danger of Anti-China Demonstrations (2008)

Documentaries:

Chin= a: Beijing’s V= anishing Hutong. PBS Frontline. Historic neighborhoods make way for modernization.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2008= /08/china_beijings.html

China Blue= . Independent Lens, PBS, 2007.
http://w= ww.pbs.org/independentlens/chinablue/film.html Where do your jeans come from?

China and = the Environment. Global Watch, PBS,= 2008.
http://ww= w.pbs.org/kcet/globalwatch/opinions_ep5.html

Chin= a: Gre= en Dreams, a Not So Model Village<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, PBS, 2008.
http://= www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/green_dreams/ Filmmaker examines the village of Huangbaiy= u in rural northeast C= hina that was supposed to be a model of energy-conscious design. What went wrong= ?

China: Kun= g Fu English. PBS Frontline World, 2= 008.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2008/08/china_kung_fu_e.html<= /a>

China: The= Mandate of Heaven. Legacy: The Origins = of Civilization, with Michael Woods, 1991
http://www= .documentary-video.com/items.cfm?id=3D1077

China: The= New Wave, PBS Frontline World, 2007= .
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/05/china_the_new_w.html<= /a> Filmmakers reveal society's dark s= ide

Chin= a: Out= of the Rubble, PBS Frontline World, 20= 08
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2008/06/china_out_of_th.html Reporter covers the devastating earthquake in southwestern China and difficulties filming under government’s watchful eye. =

China Prep= , Wide Angle, PBS, 2008.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/video-fu= ll-episode/2722/

China’s Road Ahead, World in the Balance, PBS, 2004.
htt= p://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/prod-schmidt.html

Chin= a: Shanghai Nights, PBS Frontline World, 2004.
http://www.pbs= .org/frontlineworld/stories/china/ Explore Shanghai's restless youth culture with = pop novelist and literary "bad girl" Mian Mian, whose writing about s= ex, drugs and music rocked a generation

China: Sil= enced. PBS Frontline World, 2005.
http://www.= pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/china401/ A reporter’s nightmare when = she visited a remote Chinese province, Xinjiang, to investigate growing tensions between the government and the Muslim people known as the Uighurs. The government silenced her.

China Unde= rmined. PBS Frontline World, 2007.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/10/china_undermine.html<= /a> Journalist examines the coal mines= that threaten villages.

Human Trafficking Worldwide: China. Wide Angle, PBS, 2003.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/= dying-to-leave/human-trafficking-worldwide/china/1451/

Is Wal-Mart Good for America. Hedrick Smith reporter on Frontline, 2004.
frontline: is wal-mart good for america? | PBS

Japa= n and = China: = The Unforgotten War. PBS Frontline = World, 2006.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2006/04/japan_and_china.html<= /a> Views from both sides of East Asia's historical conflict
Jesus in China. PBS Frontline World, 2008.
http://www= .pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/china_705/ Christianity has been sweeping across China in recent years, and the Chinese ruling party, officially atheist, is struggling to figure out how to control it.

Last Emperor, 1987. Film, Best Picture Oscar winner.

Mongolia: Land Without Fences, 2007. A nomad's= hard choice
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/04/mongolia_land_w.html<= /a>

Please vote for me. Independent Lens, PBS,
ht= tp://www.pbs.org/independentlens/pleasevoteforme/film.html

Tank Man, The. PBS Frontline World, 2006.
http://www.pbs= .org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/ After all others had been silenced= , his lonely act of defiance against the Chinese regime amazed the world. What be= came of him? And 17 years later, has China succeeded in erasing this event from its history? 90 minutes

Up the Yangtze. Turning the Lens on China. POV, PBS, 2008. Audio = only, film can be purchased.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/uptheyangtze/special_filmmaker.html<= o:p>

Will Capitalism Bring Democracy to= China. Bill Moyer’s Journal interview with Phil= lip Pan, August 22, 2008
Bill M= oyers Journal . Journalist Philip Pan | PBS

Women's Kingdom, The: In China, how free can a woman be? PBS Frontline World, 2005.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/07/introduction_to.html<= /a>

Young and Restless in China. PBS Frontline World, 2008.
http://www.= pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/youngchina/ good documentary of lives of nine = young people coming of age in China.