Jonathan Clements is the author of Christ's Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion, A Brief History of the Samurai, Modern Japan: All That Matters, Anime: A History and biographies of Admiral Togo and Prince Saionji Kinmochi. In 2016 he became the presenter of Route Awakening (National Geographic) a TV series on historical icons of Chinese culture.
"A go-to guide for anyone seeking to get up to speed on China
quickly. With a focus on memorable characters and stories, A
Brief History of China is ideal for tourists, students and
businesspeople looking to understand this emerging superpower."
-Julie Makinen, former China Bureau Chief, Los Angeles
Times
"...a powerful, engaging and balanced account of the vast span of
China's history...The reader can approach this book with confidence
and-thanks to its well-chosen reading recommendations-use it as a
springboard for deeper engagement with China, its culture and its
people." -Ellis Tinios, Honorary Lecturer in East Asian History,
University of Leeds
"Clements' spare prose, bad-boy wit and encyclopedic knowledge of
Asian facts, gossip and trivia put paid to any misgivings about
uttering 'history' and 'page-turner' in the same breath. This
succinct chronicle of China's rise to global power is essential
reading for businessmen, politicians and creatives." -J.
Christopher Westland, Author of Red Wired: China's Internet
Revolution and Overseas Chair Professor /
Thousand-Talents Plan Scholar at Beihang University
"A Brief History of China is a pacy romp through China's long and
layered history that successfully walks the tightrope of the
scholarly and the entertaining. In brisk, engaging prose, Clements
covers this book's vast territory with authority." -Pallavi
Aiyar, Author of Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China
"Jonathan Clements' deep knowledge of the subject and his lively,
entertaining style are here combined to produce something quite
remarkable: a history that is indeed brief and yet surprisingly
comprehensive. Somehow, as you are carried along on the tide of his
absorbing narrative, you are convinced that nothing meaningful has
been left out. Here is China in all its glory." -Stephen
Turnbull, Author of The Great Wall of China
"Clements tackles more than 5,000 years of Chinese history in an
agile but comprehensible narrative of the Heavenly Kingdom. Useful
for the general reader, the book has special value for the business
person looking to understand the single largest commercial market
in the world." -Alfonso Asensio, Author of World Wide
Data and Chief Kickboxing Officer
"Clements brings to light the voices of the hidden and the
marginalised, through snapshots of real people, and readings
between the lines of poetry, historical records, and contemporary
literature. He pays particular attention to women, uncovering their
often-buried impact on China's past, and...takes China's history
back to its diverse human core, immersing booklovers in a vast cast
of characters and a gripping narrative, effortlessly easy to
enjoy." -Roxy Simons, AllTheAnime
"Where was this book a decade ago, when I landed in China and
needed a crash course on the country and the culture? With humor,
respect, and a deft hand, Clements simplifies the complicated
politics of 5,000 years of history and makes it accessible. He
highlights and humanizes the most formative events and the people
involved, so as not to overwhelm readers, and gives us insight into
how events that happened long ago still resonate today." -Alicia
Noel, Founder & CEO, Cultivati
Inc.
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