Asian Review of Books kept up the flow of interesting material whilst Asian Books Blog was closed for Christmas and the Western New Year. Here are links to three weeks' worth of reviews, excerpts, letters, essays, listings, translations, news items, and round ups.
All Monsters Must Die: An Excursion to North Korea by Magnus Bartas and Fredrik Ekman reviewed by Thomas London
Hong Kong-born poet Sarah Howe wins young writer of the year award
Outside reading: links to interviews, essays and articles on translation, prizes, history, China
Opera: Il Trovatore, Musica Viva, Hong Kong reviewed by Peter Gordon
China’s Disruptors: How Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent, and Other Companies are Changing the Rules of Business by Edward Tse reviewed by John D. Van Fleet
Hong Kong-born poet Sarah Howe wins young writer of the year award
Outside reading: links to interviews, essays and articles on translation, prizes, history, China
Opera: Il Trovatore, Musica Viva, Hong Kong reviewed by Peter Gordon
China’s Disruptors: How Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent, and Other Companies are Changing the Rules of Business by Edward Tse reviewed by John D. Van Fleet
A tenor in Magadan: Vadim Kozin and Kseniya Melnik’s Snow in May posted by Peter Gordon
JFK’s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War by Bruce Riedel reviewed by Glyn Ford
Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen by Atossia Araxia Abrahamian reviewed by Nicholas Gordon
Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor by Douglas Kammen reviewed by Peter Gordon
JFK’s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War by Bruce Riedel reviewed by Glyn Ford
Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen by Atossia Araxia Abrahamian reviewed by Nicholas Gordon
Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor by Douglas Kammen reviewed by Peter Gordon
Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart reviewed by Jonathan Chatwin
Outside reading: links to essays and news on books and writing from Japan, India, China, Israel
The Age of Trade: The Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy by Arturo Giraldez reviewed by Juan José Morales
The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World Historyby Tonio Andrade reviewed by Francis P Sempa
Outside reading: links to essays and news on books and writing from Japan, India, China, Israel
The Age of Trade: The Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy by Arturo Giraldez reviewed by Juan José Morales
The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World Historyby Tonio Andrade reviewed by Francis P Sempa
Little Aunt Crane by Yan Geling, translated from Chinese by Esther Tyldesley reviewed byRosie Milne
ARB Quarterly for January 2016
Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream by Clay Shirky reviewed byStephen Maire
Points of Origin, stories by Diao Dou, translated by Brendan O'Kane reviewed by Peter Gordon
ARB Quarterly for January 2016
Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream by Clay Shirky reviewed byStephen Maire
Points of Origin, stories by Diao Dou, translated by Brendan O'Kane reviewed by Peter Gordon
