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by Mei Zhi

China's first literary dissident's Kafkaesque journey through the prisons of the Cultural Revolution.

2 posts
Kashmir: The Case for Freedom

by Tariq Ali, Hilal Bhatt, et al.
Leading international voices condemn the brutalities of the Kashmir occupation.
16 posts
The End of the Revolution

by Wang Hui

A compelling examination of the future of Chinese modernity by the leading member of China’s “New Left.”

17 posts
Deep Mountain

by Ece Temelkuran
A personal and political journey to the heart of the Turkey-Armenia conflict, by Turkey’s most famous female journalist.
10 posts

The Struggle for Tibet

by Wang Lixiong and Tsering Shakya

Two leading thinkers argue against the Chinese occupation and the theocracy of Tibet.

8 posts
Adam Smith in Beijing

by Giovanni Arrighi
Acclaimed exploration of China’s emergence as the most dynamic center of current economic expansion.
15 posts
Unfinished Nation

by Max Lane

Illuminating account of the turbulent history of twentieth-century Indonesia.

1 post
Down with Colonialism!

by Ho Chi Minh
Walden Bello on Ho Chi Minh’s inspirational anti-imperialism.
3 posts

Client State

by Gavan McCormack
McCormack traces Japan's institutional, political and military transformation through a history of its subservience to Washington Consensus policies.
2 posts
Chechnya

by Tony Wood

A powerful argument for Chechen self-determination, and a definitive history of the region.

8 posts
Gold Warriors

by Peggy Seagrave and Sterling Seagrave

Drawing on a vast range of original documents and interviews, Gold Warrior exposes one of the great state secrets of the twentieth century.

2 posts
One China, Many Paths

Edited by Chaohua Wang
Chinese thinkers debate the future of their society and its place in the world.
9 posts

The Myth of the Holy Cow

by D. N. Jha
A book the government of India demands be ritually burned.
2 posts
Of Myths and Movements

by Haripriya Rangan

Rangan appraises the grassroots social resistance within its cultural context to scrutinize the myths surrounding indigenous “tree huggers.”
The Spectre of Comparisons

by Benedict Anderson

How nationalism has shaped the political and cultural landscape of Southeast Asia.

9 posts
Viramma

by Viramma

An intensely personal and moving self-portrait of a woman living at the very margins of Indian society, informed by a sense of profound social change.

2 posts

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