Joe Ngai and Nick Leung, "The Next China Is Still China: An Insider's Playbook for Winning in the New Era" (Scribner, 2026)

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Stephen G. Covell, "The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)

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China in Disintegration: The Republican Era in Chinese History, 1912—1949 by James E. Sheridan

https://1lib.us/book/6061335/d193d2</ ...

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