books

Anne Stevenson-Yang on 40 years of the Chinese economy

Anne Stevenson-Yang is originally from Washington DC. She moved to Beijing in 1993 to work for the US-China Business Council.…

3 days ago

Huang Xuelei discusses her new book, Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell

Huang Xuelei, a senior lecturer of China Studies at Edinburgh University, recently published the book Scents of China: A Modern…

4 weeks ago

How China reinvented its cities

Since the late 1970s, China has undergone perhaps the most sweeping process of urbanisation ever witnessed. It’s a story largely…

1 month ago

What Chinese crime novels can tell us about contemporary China

Jeffrey C. Kinkley is professor emeritus of Chinese History at St. John’s University, New York, and a John Simon Guggenheim…

2 months ago

The best books about China from 2023

Every month at FOCUS, we look at a different new book on China and talk to the author. From history…

4 months ago

Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese banqueting and festive fare

If you’re remotely interested in China, especially Chinese cuisine, it’s been hard to avoid Fuchsia Dunlop’s new book, Invitation to…

4 months ago

What is China’s role in the Global South?

China’s global power is growing, that is undeniable. The question is, what are the limits of that power, and how…

6 months ago

Can businesses thrive amid geopolitical tensions with China?

A new book brings together senior executives from Chrysler, 3M, Education First and law firm Hogan Lovells to discuss how…

8 months ago

The Best Chinese Fiction in Translation: Your Summer Holiday Reading List

Paul French selects ten recent translations of Chinese fiction into English to take to the beach this summer to ponder…

9 months ago

Dr Keyu Jin on how to do business in China in 2023

A new book by London-based academic Dr Keyu Jin argues that the popular perception that China still relies on technology…

11 months ago