Tuttle Publishing
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
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