Narrating China's Governance Stories in Xi Jinping's Speeches / by People's Daily, Department of Commentary

Subjects: “…China History.…”
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The Evolution of China's Anti-Poverty Strategies Cases of 20 Chinese Changing Lives / by Brown, William N.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Mogan Mountain's Tang Hairong -- Chapter 2: Liu Yunguang: An Entrepreneur With a Passion for Youth -- Chapter 3: Jing Xuhua - A Loving Mother Triumphs at Home and in Business -- Chapter 4: Ye Nan Brings a Bright Future to West China -- Chapter 5: Yang Ying- From House Maid to Millionaire Philanthropist -- Chapter 6: Gerile - Making Snacks to Put Her Daughter Through College -- Chapter 7: Zhang Fang - Documenting Inner Mongolia's Environmental Fight -- Chapter 8: Zhao Xuan, A Retired Teacher From Xi'an -- Chapter 9: Bu Wenjun: Inheriting Wei-family's Brick-Carving Craftsmanship -- Chapter 10: Zhang Jianlong - From Migrant Worker to Cattle King -- Chapter 11: Xin Baotong- Helping the Helpless to Dream Again -- Chapter 12: Wang Zenghao - Young Volunteer Working in Tibet -- Chapter 13: Dawa Wangdui: A Tibetan Serf -turned Entrepreneur -- Chapter 14: Xia Jiangping - Greening the Roof of the World! …”
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Global History with Chinese Characteristics Autocratic States along the Silk Road in the Decline of the Spanish and Qing Empires 1680-1796 / by Perez-Garcia, Manuel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Implementation of the New Global History in China -- The "Global History Paradox" in China: Sinocentred Approaches along the Silk Road -- The Mandate of Heaven, the Rule of the Emperor: Self-sufficiency of the Middle-Kingdom -- Silver, Rogues, and Trade Networks: Sangleyes and Manila Galleons connecting the Spanish Empire and Qing China -- Conclusions.…”
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Global History and New Polycentric Approaches Europe, Asia and the Americas in a World Network System /

Table of Contents: “…PART I Escaping from National Narratives:The New Global History in China and Japan -- Global History, the Role of Scientific Discovery and the 'Needham Question': Europe and China 16th to 19th Centuries -- Encounter and Co-existence: Portugal and Ming China 1511-1610 - Rethinking the Dynamics of a Century of Global-Local Relations -- Challenging National Narratives: On the Origins of Sweet Potato in China as Global Commodity during the Early Modern Period -- Economic Depression and the Silver Question in Nineteenth-Century China -- Kaiiki-shi and World/Global History: A Japanese Perspective -- PART II Trade Networks and Maritime Expansion in East Asian Studies -- Structure and Transformation of the Ming Tribute Trade System -- Nanban Trade and Shuinsen Trade in 16th and 17th Century Japan -- The Jewish Presence in China and Japan in the Early Modern Period: A Social Representation -- Quantifying Ocean Currents as Story Models: Global Oceanic Currents and their Way into Global Navigation -- PART III Circulation of Technology and Commodities in the Atlantic and Pacific -- Global History and the History of Consumption: Congruence and Divergence -- Mexican Cochineal, Local Technologies and the Rise of Global Trade (16th-19th centuries) -- Social Networks and the Circulation of Technology and Knowledge in the Global Spanish Empire -- Global Commodities in Early Modern Spain -- Big History as a Commodity at Chinese Universities: A Study in Circulation.…”
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Chasing the Chinese Dream Four Decades of Following China's War on Poverty / by Brown, William N.

Table of Contents: “…How My Chinese Dream Began -- Ningde: Xi Jinping's Training Ground for Governing the Country -- Lin Zhengjia: China's Kung Fu Tunnel Expert with Artitude -- Prof Hu Min, CEO of New Channel, Scholar Entrepreneur, Father of IELTS in China -- Cui Rui, Philosopher, Blacksmith in Inner Mongolia.…”
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Splendors of Quanzhou, Past and Present by Brown, William N.

Subjects: “…China History.…”
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Japan's Arduous Rejuvenation as a Global Power Democratic Resilience and the US-China Challenge / by Teo, Victor

Table of Contents: “…Japan's Rejuvenation and the US-China Divide -- 4. Peacekeepers But Not Quite Peacebuilders: Japan's Evolving Role in the Middle East Peace Process -- 5. …”
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Travel Writings on Asia Curiosity, Identities, and Knowledge Across the East, c. 1200 to the Present /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Section 1: Re-forging Frontiers in Asia - Local and Transcontinental Mobilities in the Global Middle Ages -- Travel, Order and Knowledge: Local officials in the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) and Functions of Travelling in China -- Transcultural Perceptions of the 'East' in the 13th and 14th century - towards a study of curiosity in the Global Middle Ages -- Massacres and Mobilities: Human Movement in the Mongol World Empire -- Section 2: Mapping 'New' Frontiers - Curiosity and Knowledge -- Antonio Pigafetta's Asia -- Bowing to a new king - The Ming-Qing transition in European sources -- The Silk Road as a Spiritual Landscape: The Otani Expeditions and Tibet -- Section 3: The Imperial 'Gaze' - Hegemonic Perceptions of Knowledge and Power -- Britain's Brave Boys and the Haunted House of China. …”
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Modern Japan's Place in World History From Meiji to Reiwa /

Table of Contents: “…Transformational Period in Japan-China Modern Relations (1910s-1930s) -- Chapter 6. …”
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Martial Culture and Historical Martial Arts in Europe and Asia A Multi-perspective View on Sword Culture /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 : Sword Culture from Socio-historic Perspectives -- Chapter 1 - Stratification in Italian Martial Culture (Roberto Gotti & Enrico Valseriati) -- Chapter 2 - Development of the Yanlingdao from the Yuan to Qing dynasty (Gong Jian) -- Chapter 3 - Daniel Jaquet, The Rise of the Two-Handed Sword in the Age of Staff-Weapons -- Chapter 4 - Ma Lianzhen, The Origin of the Two-Handed Sword in China -- Part 2: Fight Books: the Transmission and Interpretation of Knowledge -- Chapter 5 - Omar Ma, Ming Dynasty Chinese Fencing Treatises -- Chapter 6 - Miriam Vogelaar, Fabris's 1606 Fencing Manual: an Analytical Bibliographical Study -- Chapter 7 - Manuel Valle Ortiz, The Ferrara Manuscript: Destreza and Vulgar -- Part 3: Material Culture: Weapons, Technology, & Aesthetics -- Chapter 8 - Hu Xiaojun, Rediscovering Swordmaking Techniques of Ancient China: Insights from Reconstructing a Han-Dynasty Ring-Pommel Dao -- Chapter 9 - Gabriele Tonelli, Historical Sword-making Techniques in Northern Italy in the XVI and XVII Centuries -- part 4 : Classical Martial Art Traditions -- Chapter 10 - Ma Lianzhen, Duanbing and the History of Fencing in China -- Chapter 11 - Jacopo Penso, Interpreting Achille Marozzo's System of Sword-fighting: A Contemporary Case Study -- Chapter 12 - Axel Pettersson, Applying Pedagogic Methods in Historic European Martial Arts. .…”
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World History Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 by Berger, Eugene, Israel, George L., Miller, Charolette

Table of Contents: “…Chapter One: Prehistory -- Chapter Two: Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations -- Chapter Three: Ancient and Early Medieval India -- Chapter Four: China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty -- Chapter Five: The Greek World from the Bronze Age to the Roman Conquest -- Chapter Six: The Roman World from 753 BCE to 500 CE -- Chapter Seven: Western Europe and Byzantium circa 5 0 0 - 10 0 0 CE -- Chapter Eight: Islam to the Mamluks -- Chapter Nine: African History to 1500 -- Chapter Ten: The Americas -- Chapter Eleven: Central Asia -- Chapter Twelve: Western Europe and Byzantium circa1000 - 1500 CE…”
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History of International Relations by Ringmar, Erik

Table of Contents: “…1. Introduction -- 2. China and East Asia -- 3. India and Indianization -- 4. …”
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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Slavery throughout History

Table of Contents: “….) -- 13: Slavery in the Mediterranean; Giulia Bonazza -- 14: Slavery in the Ottoman Empire; Hayri Gökşin Özkoray -- 15: Slavery in the Holy Roman Empire; Josef Köstlbauer -- 16: Slavery and Serfdom in Muscovy and the Russian Empire; Hans-Heinrich Nolte and Elena Smolarz -- 17: Slavery in Late Ming China; Claude Chevaleyre -- 18: Slavery in Chosŏn Korea; Sun Joo Kim -- 19: Slavery in the Indian Ocean World; Titas Chakraborty -- 20: Maritime Passages in the Indian Ocean Slave Trade; Pedro Machado -- 21: The Rise of Atlantic Slavery in the Americas; Michael Zeuske -- 22: Plantation Slavery in the British Caribbean; Trevor Burnard -- 23: Injection: Atlantic Slavery and Commodity Chains; Klaus Weber -- Part 4: Modern Societies (1800-1900 C.E.) -- 24: The Second Slavery in the Americas; Michael Zeuske -- 25: Slavery in the US South; Damian A. …”
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An Outline History of East Asia to 1200 by Schneewind, Sarah

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