China

order:
Erwin Wickert's "China Seen From Within"
3.4

Erwin Wickert

Could this book have been better if the writer wasn’t a diplomat?

Hans Ulrich Kempski's "Red Sun Over Yellow Earth"
4.2

Hans Ulrich Kempski

Are these just some minor slip-ups or was this writer completely duped?

Heinrich Schliemann's "China And Japan In The Present Age"
4.4

Heinrich Schliemann

Did the quest for scientific precision ruin this book?

Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"
3.2

Xiaopeng

If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?

Stuart Stevens' "Night Train to Turkistan"
3.2

Stuart Stevens

Does this book do anything right except expose someone’s attitude toward China?

Lois Fisher-Ruge's "Go Gently Through Peking"
4.2

Lois Fisher-Ruge

Why is it important that young people from China read this today?

Edgar Snow's "Red Star Over China"
5.2

Edgar Snow

Why is this book so tragic, and what is the author’s role in the history he helped to create?

Egon Erwin Kisch's "Secret China"
4.2

Egon Erwin Kisch

What does 1930s China look like through the eyes of a European socialist?

Ernst Cordes' "The Lotus Lantern"
4.6

Ernst Cordes

What happens when an interesting author tries too hard to get his point across?

Mark Salzman's "Iron & Silk"
4

Mark Salzman

Is this guy the original Karate Kid, and why is his book so weak?

Yu Ying's "Go Out And Talk To People About Their Dreams"
3.4
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Yu Ying

Does the Chinese literary world need to train tougher editors?

Colette Modiano's "Twenty Snobs and Mao"
5.2
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Colette Modiano

What happens when rich Europeans visit China at the height of the “Cultural Revolution”?

Matteo Ricci's "China in the 16th Century"
6

Matteo Ricci

Is there a more interesting account of life in the Ming Dynasty?

Gunther Plüschow's "The Adventures of the Aviator of Tsingtao"
5
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Gunther Plüschow

Can we really read about warfare as if it was just an adventure?

George, Earl Of Macartney's "Our First Ambassador to China"
3

George Macartney

Why was this book about an interesting journey so slow?