The Penguin History of Modern China
The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping
The Siege of Tsingtao
In The Siege of Tsingtao, the first of the Penguin China Specials on the First World War, celebrated historian Jonathan Fenby examines the causes of the battle, the ulterior motives for it, and the path it helped set East Asia on for decades to come.