Asian history

The author enjoyed the exorbitant privilege of serving three times as Ambassador of Spain to China over a period of 25 years,between 1987 and 2013.

This book provides a detailed and carefully researched catalogue of over 140 manuscripts related to the Mevlevi Sufis in their formative period during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

This book covers various forms of the production of girmitiya culture and literature.

This book examines contemporary Chinese transnational mobile practices with special focuses on the ethnographic exploration of the lives, experiences, views, and narratives of the Chinese mobile subjects in three ASEAN countries: Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and their interactions with the ethnic Chinese communities in these countries.

This book explores the great transition of China from a subsistence agrarian economy to a technologically driven economic powerhouse which reflects the achievements of the hardworking Chinese people.

This book investigates the institutional characteristics of state-linked firms in Vietnam to draw lessons for investors/MNCs targeting Vietnam and other emerging markets in the region.

This book investigates the institutional characteristics of state-linked firms in Vietnam to draw lessons for investors/MNCs targeting Vietnam and other emerging markets in the region.

This book examines how the Embassy members approached, selected, and represented information, and how, in doing so, they helped to shape European perceptions of China.

This book covers various forms of the production of girmitiya culture and literature.

This book documents Japan's psychological deterioration caused by its defeat in August 1945.

An international team of scholars explore China''s transformative revolutionary decade, the 1950s, calling into question existing narratives.

This book examines for the first time how ancient Egypt is reflected in early modern Venetian sources.

This book presents detailed research regarding the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, including studies of inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells, bronzeware, bamboo scripts, and silk manuscripts, in order to demonstrate the main features of various historical periods during the establishment and development of ancient Chinese civilization based on an a view of ancient Chinese civilization studies as a whole.

This book sheds light on the fact that the proclamation of an emergency can be a legitimate constitutional method to take prompt preventative measures in protecting the interests of the society in times of grave crises.

';The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

This book contributes to a worldwide history of textual criticism and critical editions of ancient scientific texts.

This book contends that the development of modern Chinese international thought has been profoundly shaped by the distinctive nature of the Chinese state as a contender state and its global positioning since 1912.

The book offers an in-depth analysis of how ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is portrayed in the Chinese media, focusing on the multifaceted dynamics of economic cooperation, regional connectivity, cultural exchange, and non-traditional security governance.

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