One of the oldest cities in the world, Beijing was an imperial capital for centuries. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Beijing be

Will Hutton presents an incisive and thoroughly accessible account of China's emergence as an economic power and its developing relationship with the West.

Beijing Comrades is the story of a torrid love affair set against the socio-political unrest of late-eighties China. Due to its depiction of gay sexuality and i

Literary Societies in Republican China provides a new and comprehensive perspective on the fascinating literary world of the most turbulent period in recent Chi

This book explores how a modern English literary identity was forged by its notions of other traditions and histories, in particular those of China. The theoriz