A Short List of Books and Websites about China

A short list of helpful books and websites about China.

General introductions

• G. Wright Doyle and Peter Xiaoming Yu, China: Ancient Culture, Modern Society. (brief chapters on Chinese traditional culture and contemporary society, with guides to further reading).
• Rob Gifford, The China Road. (a lively journalistic account containing information about both Chinese history/culture and contemporary China).

Chinese History

• John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman, CHINA: A New History.
• Jonathan Spence, The Search for Modern China.

Modern Chinese Society

• Jasper Becker, The Chinese: An insider’s look at the issues which affect and shape China today.
• Peter Hessler, Oracle Bones: A Journey through Time in China.
• Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power.
• LEAD Consulting, editors, An Introduction to the Mainland Chinese Soul.
• Kam Louie, editor, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture.
• James and Ann Tyson, Chinese Awakenings: Life Stories from the Unofficial China.
• http://behindthewall.msnbc.msn.com.
• http://chinawatch.washingtonpost.com/life-society/
• http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief

Christianity in China

• David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power.
• Carol Lee Hamrin and Stacey Bieler, editors, Salt & Light: Lives of Faith that Shaped Modern China.
• http://www.bdcconline.net (Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity)
• http://www.globalchinacenter.org
• http://www.chsource.org