{"title":"China Studies","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9781805476047","title":"Zen - The Religion of the Samurai: A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. 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At their peak, eight of the world’s two dozen richest men were Southeast Asian, but their names would not be familiar to most regular readers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. A complex mythology surrounds these billionaires, but in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAsian Godfathers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Joe Studwell finds that the facts are even more remarkable than the myths. Studwell has spent fifteen years as a reporter in the region, and he marshals his unprecedented sources to paint intimate and revealing portraits of the men who control Southeast Asia. Studwell also provides us with a rich and deep understanding of the broader historic, economic, and political influences that have shaped Southeast Asia over the past 150 years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAsian Godfathers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a riveting and illuminating book that lifts the curtain on a world of staggering secrecy and hypocrisy, and reveals—for the first time—who the leaders of one of the planet’s most important and tumultuous markets really are, why they got to the top, and how they keep themselves there.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0802143911\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"q2k1wj-hk4gwb-mrtc4g-rlmdb7\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0802143911\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"erun7d-37rex0-lponbz-x11eaj\" data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0802143911\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"l4heqy-kt3spq-y0yyvc-i1hg4k\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-5\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-id=\"6f9f88-7uhunh-mko9ql-dpbbs\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstancejp1krvZZLXi_OlDyPQMxFw\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_4\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-asin=\"0802143911\" data-customer-id=\"A2NG6WHPH0UDS0\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-session-id=\"139-8545824-0517342\" data-logged-in=\"true\" class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072491847911,"sku":"Grove Press","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/813nZWf_FWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1756247490"},{"product_id":"9780691216973","title":"Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHow the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity, widespread social upheaval, and violence against its own people. Yet the party does not sustain dominance through repressive tactics alone—it pairs this with surprising responsiveness to the public. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Party and the People\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores how this paradox has helped the CCP endure for decades, and how this balance has shifted increasingly toward repression under the rule of President Xi Jinping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelving into the tenuous binary of repression and responsivity, Bruce Dickson illuminates numerous questions surrounding the CCP’s rule: How does it choose leaders and create policies? When does it allow protests? Will China become democratic? Dickson shows that the party’s dual approach lies at the core of its practices—repression when dealing with existential, political threats or challenges to its authority, and responsiveness when confronting localized economic or social unrest. 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Much can be learned, however, about both Xi Jinping and the nature of the party he leads from the memory and legacy of his father, the revolutionary Xi Zhongxun (1913–2002). The elder Xi served the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for more than seven decades. He worked at the right hand of prominent leaders Zhou Enlai and Hu Yaobang. He helped build the Communist base area that saved Mao Zedong in 1935, and he initiated the Special Economic Zones that launched China into the reform era after Mao's death. He led the Party's United Front efforts toward Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Taiwanese. And though in 1989 he initially sought to avoid violence, he ultimately supported the Party's crackdown on the Tiananmen protesters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Party's Interests Come First\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first biography of Xi Zhongxun written in English. 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