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  • A JOURNEY TO THE TEA COUNTRIES OF CHINA

    INCLUDING SUNG-LO AND THE BOHEA HILLS WITH A SHORT NOTICE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY?S TEA PLANTATIONS IN THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS) WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS

    by ROBERT FORTUNE ...
    Series series BS Publishing
    Robert Fortune, His second journey to China was for the East India company to obtain the finest tea plants to establish plantations in India. Once again he disguised himself as Chinese 'from a distant province', hired an interpreter, and headed into the tea growing regions of the country. His efforts resulted in the shipment of well over 20,000 plants and seedlings, in Wardian cases, to the ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

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  • Street of Eternal Happiness

    Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road

    by Rob Schmitz ...
    'Enjoyable and illuminating . . . Rob Schmitz writes with great affection' GuardianShanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas and opportunity. Rob Schmitz is one of them. He immerses himself in his neighbourhood, forging relationships with ordinary people who see a brighter future in the city's sleek skyline. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Brave Dragons

    A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing

    by Jim Yardley ...
    The wonderfully original story of a struggling Chinese basketball team and its quixotic, often comical attempt to right its fortunes by copying the American stars of the NBA—a season of cultural misunderstanding that transcends sports and reveals China’s ambivalent relationship with the West.When the Shanxi Brave Dragons, one of China’s worst professional basketball teams, hired former NBA coach ... Read more

    Was $9.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • The Chinese Way in Business

    The Secrets of Successful Business Dealings in China

    by Boye Lafayette De Mente ...
    This book is a comprehensive, expert guide to doing business in ChinaWestern technology, management expertise and capital have fueled an incredible expansion of China's economy. Trade with China is at an all-time high, and so are the numbers of Westerners traveling to China for business. Business from China has also picked up as Chinese firms look to expand abroad. Understanding the ins and outs ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Chinese New Year For Kids

    Chinese Calendar

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Explore Asia Books
    Why do dragons dance during Chinese New Year? Allow your children to find the right answers on their own with the help of this very informative book. The great thing about this book is that it’s been specifically designed for children. Therefore, you can see colors, pictures and as few texts as possible. This formula is surefire way of boosting the interest for knowledge. Grab a copy now! ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Hong Kong

    A Cultural History

    by Michael Ingham ...
    Series series Cityscapes
    Hong Kong has always been something of an anomaly, and an outpost of empire, whether British or Chinese. Once described as a barren island, the former fishing community has been transformed by its own economic miracle into one of Asia's World Cities, taking in its stride the territory's 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty. Beneath the surface of Hong Kong's clichéd self-image as Pearl of the Orient ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens

    Reportage

    by László Krasznahorkai ...
    Translated by Ottilie Mulzet ...
    WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE!The only nonfiction work by Krasznahorkai available in English, a bracing account of traveling through China at the turn of the 21st centuryKnown for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, László Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European writers of his generation and the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. Here, he brings us on a journey through ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

  • Through China with a Camera

    by John Thomson ...
    Originally published in 1898. INTRODUCTION: Since the time when I made my first journey into Cambodia to examine its ancient cities, it has been my constant endeavour to show how the explorer may add not only to the interest but to the permanent value of his work by the use of photography. To those of my readers interested in photography I may add a note on my method of working. All my negatives ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • India and Tibet

    by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband ...
    It is an interesting reflection for those to make who think that we must necessarily have been the aggressive party, that the far-distant primary cause of all our attempts at intercourse with the Tibetans was an act of aggression, not on our part, not on the part of an ambitious Pro-consul, or some headstrong frontier officer, but of the Bhutanese, neighbours, and then vassals, of the Tibetans, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Door Swings Both Ways

    A First Look at China, 1985

    by Pico Iyer ...
    Series series A Vintage Short
    A Vintage Shorts Travel SelectionWelcome to China in 1985, to a nation that has just begun to swing open for the West, and specifically for a young Time magazine journalist named Pico Iyer. From the beloved set of travel essays Video Night in Kathmandu, this is his dispatch.From Beijing to Chengdu to Guangzhou, Iyer crisscrosses the country, making friends, gathering impressions, and always ... Read more

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  • Doing Business in China

    The Sun Tzu Way

    by Laurence J. Brahm ...
    "Strike hard, retreat, seize a position, reject compromise, and strike again."—These are common negotiating tactics in a country with a long history of strategic philosophy.Negotiating a deal in China requires patience—a well known Confucian virtue; persistence—something which comes with time; and survival instincts—something that comes with persistence. For both the uninitiated, Chinese business ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Hong Kong: The City of Dreams

    by Nury Vittachi ...
    Series series Travel Adventure Series
    This stunning Hong Kong travel pictorial captures the architecture, culture, people, and cuisine of one of the most dynamic cities.You can leave Hong Kong, but it will never leave you. The experience of encountering an unforgettable mix of influences, cultures, and flavors stays with visitors. It's a place of clashing contrasts, Hong Kong is famous as the place where East most dramatically meets ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD