Presents an updated account of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China.

This study of Chinese eunuchs illuminates the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, and provides broad information on various aspects of pre-modern China.

This book is a study of the transformation of Chinese political consciousness during the post-Mao era. Departing from the common wisdom of the day that Deng Xiaoping's pragmatic-oriented reform has made ...

Examines the critical role of the younger generation as a political force, influenced by the cultural and ideological debates during China’s reunification in 1927 and again in 1949.