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Blood on the Tracks: The Story of China’s Greatest Train Robbery

James Zimmerman’s new book examines the sensational stories behind the 1923 robbery of the Peking Express

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On the Road in Republican China

A new book by historian Yajun Mo reveals the through-lines linking Chinese travelers, past and present

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Anxiety and Opportunism on the Russia-China Border | Book Review

Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge” portrays how China’s rise reshaped the reality of the people living just across the river

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Distant Pastures

Li Juan’s memoirs of pastoral life give glimpses into disappearing livelihoods in the Altai Mountains

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Whistling ‘Dixie’

Historians are still uncovering a doomed American wartime mission to meet Maoist rebels and broker an alliance

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The Devil’s Advocates

Paul French’s latest book reconstructs Jazz Age Shanghai in sin and splendor

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

The Art of Flowers

Author Sun Ke discusses the forgotten history of Chinese flower arrangement

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Great Expectations

With US-China relations facing fresh challenges, a new book ponders if history offers clues to its future

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Tales from China’s Millennials

Alec Ash defines the nation’s 1985 to 1990 generation